http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/448861/netherlander-euthanasia-guru-bemoans-his-handiwork   We in the United States haven’t quite reached such a highly progressed state.  Not yet.  But give us time!   I suspect that suicide is just another right — like abortion and same-sex marriage — that’s waiting to be discovered by a judge, implied between the lines of the shadow of the penumbra of the living Constitution.   Posted from the Ionian Sea     Read more

    The article’s title is a bit too grand; the discovery comes from just one site in Middle Egypt.  Still, it’s interesting, and it promises further discoveries in the future:   http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/22/health/ancient-egypt-mummy-dna-genome-heritage/index.html   Posted from the Ionian Sea     Read more

    I share this item not only because of its intrinsic interest but because I think it could prove useful to Mr. Stephen Smoot as the time approaches for him to resume his hopeless and despairing exile in the frozen north to return under compulsion to his useless studies in Egyptology at the University of Toronto.   (See, for example, “You can come home now, Steve Smoot!” and “A Tear for Stephen Smoot” and even “Nephi Among the Nephilim.”)   Mr. Smoot survived... Read more

    A perspective from Sheri Dew:   http://www.ldsliving.com/Sheri-Dew-Why-Wrestling-With-Our-Questions-Is-a-Good-Thing/s/85266?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=popular&utm_content=pop2170622   I agree that, by struggling with tough questions, we can deepen our faith, our understanding, and our commitment.   Posted from the Tyrrhenian Sea     Read more

    Tarik LaCour responds to a recent comment from John Dehlin, a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who is now a vocal if not overly well informed critic:   http://tarikdlacour.blogspot.de/2017/06/john-really.html   Posted from the Tyrrhenian Sea     Read more

    By publishing yet another of my columns, the Deseret News continues to aid and abet my campaign of hatred, mean-spirited name-calling, and flat-out dishonesty:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865683455/Is-the-English-Book-of-Mormon-written-in-Joseph-Smiths-language.html   Posted from the Tyrrhenian Sea     Read more

    “And I — my head oppressed by horror — said: “Master, what is it that I hear? Who are those people so defeated by their pain?”       And he to me: “This miserable way is taken by the sorry souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.       They now commingle with the coward angels, the company of those who were not rebels nor faithful to their God, but stood apart.  ... Read more

Private citizens have rights that the government does not. Read more

    With reference to the recent attack on Muslims in London:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/06/20/what-happens-when-tragedy-strikes-muslims-during-ramadan/?utm_term=.91026597ea63   See also “When Trump is Silent on Twitter, It Says a Lot.”   Posted from the Tyrrhenian Sea     Read more

    Materials such as this interview/podcast are always available to you at no charge on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/lds-perspectives-podcast-jed-woodworth-the-word-of-wisdom/   Posted from the Tyrrhenian Sea     Read more