http://www.nationalreview.com/article/421289/iran-nuclear-deal-obama-risky   This is the kind of thing that you get when you elect (and then re-elect!) a weak, inexperienced, and incompetent leftist to the presidency of the United States.   But he’s a nice guy, and a good father, and it was genuinely good to have elected somebody with black ancestry.   I’m trying really hard to look on the bright side of this presidency.   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

    The invaluable Ralph Hancock weighs in on disagreements about the nature and purpose of marriage:   http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/07/15341/   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

    This is potentially really important.  It’s certainly interesting:   http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2015/07/astronomers-discover-our-long-lost-solar-twin   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

    Luke 12:49-53 Compare Matthew 10:34-36; Mark 10:38   Having faith in Christ, living the Gospel, and enjoying fellowship with the Saints is, on the whole, a prescription for peace and happiness.   But it can sometimes be distinctly otherwise.   There are people out there who really dislike our faith and our church, and they’re not always nice about it.   The Gospel brings unity, but, in this life, it also creates disharmony.   In my particular case, being... Read more

      http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/elder-andersen-meets-jerusalem-mayor-during-israel-visit   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

    I continue my quest to be your sole source not only for political and religious viewpoints, but movies, operas, restaurants, and travel destinations.  Now you can concentrate on your job and family, and leave all that other stuff — like thinking — to me.   After all, I’m a blogger.  I’m online.  Isn’t that all the qualification I need?   So, on to business:   Today was an excellent day for food.   Santa Fe has some fine eateries.... Read more

    When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.  (Georgia O’Keeffe)   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

    It’s wonderful to be able to see these.  Our ancestors, even a mere generation back, could only imagine and dream of such things:   http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/07/16/nasa-releases-first-pluto-flyby-images/?intcmp=sbox23_science   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico     Read more

      Luke 12:35-48 Compare Matthew 24:42-51; 25:1-13; Mark 13:33-37; John 13:4-5   To paraphrase a common saying, “When the time for action arrives, the time for preparation is past,” or “When the time of judgment arrives, the time for preparation is past.”   We lull ourselves into a state of comfortable complacency, assuming that everything will continue as it has long gone, that we have lots of time, that tomorrow will be just like today.   And then... Read more

    This is troubling:   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3163910/Terror-high-seas-Egyptian-navy-vessel-erupts-huge-fireball-ISIS-carry-rocket-strike-patrol-ship-Mediterranean.html   “We will degrade and ultimately destroy” the military capacity of ISIS, President Obama declared back in September of 2014.   I’m puzzled about the meaning of the word ultimately in that statement.   Posted from Santa Fe, New Mexico   Read more