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    “Time is passing.  Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.  We will remember every rescuer who died in honor.  We will remember every family that lives in grief.  We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.” President George W. Bush     Read more

    Have a look at this:   http://www.wimp.com/weather-man-impossible-city-name/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=video/   Incidentally, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is Welsh for “Saint Mary’s Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave.”   That should help you to remember it.   (Thanks to Nicol Sorenson-Legakis for alerting me to this little item.)     Read more

    A couple of days ago, I mentioned Royal Skousen’s announcement that his three-decades-old Book of Mormon Critical Text Project is leaving the Maxwell Institute for a new home with BYU Studies.   I want to clarify what I said about electronic publication of the Project’s findings:  The Interpreter Foundation and BYU Studies will handle this jointly.   The Interpreter Foundation is deeply honored to be involved with what is, in my judgment, one of the most remarkable individual academic... Read more

    Having renounced all traffic with Religion, the Scientist proceeds to devote hundreds of hours to giving public lectures on “Science and Religion.” This is an interesting paradox:   a) The secret of the Scientist’s superiority and success is that he pays strict attention to the problem at hand; limiting himself to the laboratory situation, he rejects all else as extraneous and irrelevant.   b) This means that the problem at hand is everything that counts.   c) If... Read more

    I’ve advocated making reasonable accommodations for those who object to Justice Kennedy’s revolutionary redefinition of the institution of marriage.  Here are some suggestions:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423772/accommodate-conscientious-objectors-same-sex-marriage-editors     Read more

    I was actually fond of Senator Proxmire, despite his being a Democrat.  But this may not have been his finest contribution:   http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/09/the_proxmire_amendment_may_be_the_most_anti-science_law_ever_passed_its_still_in_effect_today.html     Read more

    http://ldsmag.com/shine-talking-to-families-concerned-with-sexual-orientation/   “M. Catherine Thomas was converted to the Church at age 19. Soon after her baptism she went to the Church College of Hawaii (now BYU-HC), where she married her English Literature professor, Gordon K. Thomas at semester break in the Hawaii Temple. They have 6 children and 16 grandchildren. They recently returned from their fourth Spanish-speaking mission together. She is retired from the BYU Ancient Scripture Department and has authored a number of articles and three... Read more

    A relatively short piece that you might find of interest:   http://www.studioetquoquefide.com/2015/08/the-fall-thereof-was-exceedingly-great.html#more     Read more

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/more-than-1000-indian-muslim-clerics-sign-fatwa-against-isis_55f06f6ae4b002d5c0779b9e   Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for alerting me to this story.     Read more