Some of my liberal-leaning friends routinely talk as if lunatic extremism existed only on the Right — and they define such extremist lunacy very, um, liberally, often claiming to have found it (usually without actually listening to it or watching it for themselves) on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show or to have discovered it in undocumented horrors from the Tea Party.   Here, though, is indisputable proof that extremist insanity is, to put it mildly, no monopoly of the... Read more

    You were thinking, maybe, that Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture missed publication yesterday?   Not so:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-prodigals-return-to-the-father-house-of-glory-and-rediscovery/   I just happened to be in a car driving from northern New Mexico into southwestern Colorado, without reliable internet access, when the article went up.   Happy reading!  Have a very excellent weekend!   Posted from Durango, Colorado     Read more

    A member of Mr. Obama’s cabinet said, this past week, that he didn’t think that the federal government had the legal right to lean on “sanctuary cites” like San Francisco in order to persuade them to obey federal immigration laws.   (Google Kate Steinle in order to see photos of the young woman who was shot to death a few days by a multiply deported illegal alien while walking with her father in San Francisco.)   But, thankfully,... Read more

    This analyst says that Iran’s regional dominance is now virtually inevitable:   https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/07/17/iran-regional-dominance-inevitable/   Yippee!   Posted from Durango, Colorado     Read more

    Luke 12:54-56 Compare Matthew 16:2-3   Many of our problems in life come from our failure to pay attention and to reflect.   The signs are out there.  The warnings have been given.   Posted from Durango, Colorado     Read more

    An official statement from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on our responsibility to care for the Earth:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/environmental-stewardship-conservation   Posted from Durango, Colorado   Read more

    This is an insightful and important little article:   http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/17/homeopathy-idiots-science-jeremy-corbyn   I think that the author’s advice would be helpful to people in more than one field.  And, more generally, many internet polemicists and (often anonymous) message board commenters could profit from the suggestion that they not treat with contempt those with whom they disagree.  Not matter how much they may believe them wrong.  Perhaps even the more they do so.   I can dream, can’t I?  ... Read more

    Benjamin Franklin is said to have commented to his fellow signers of the Declaration of Independence that, if they didn’t all hang together, they would assuredly hang separately.   Defenders of religious liberty in the United States may well find themselves in a similar situation, and in the not too far distant future.    “The Kingdom of God is like a besieged city surrounded on all sides by death. Each man has his place on the wall to... Read more

    It is imperative that the rule barring military personnel at recruiting stations from carrying firearms be eliminated.   These are invariably weapons-trained people.  Many if not most or all of them are combat veterans.  One of those murdered in Tennessee was a two-time recipient of the Purple Heart.   Yet they are obvious and, unarmed, very soft targets.   This must change immediately.   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

    As usual, Cassandra Hedelius doesn’t disappoint.  Here’s an insightful warning from her about the mounting threat to religious liberty in the United States:   http://ldsmag.com/can-we-count-on-legal-protection-for-our-beliefs/   Must reading, it seems to me, for anyone who cares about the future of our First Amendment rights.   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more