An interesting French study, reported by Scientific American:   http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/dog-spies/do-dogs-know-other-dogs-are-dogs/     Read more

    I’ve just read an item posted a few days ago by a person who posts as “Everybody Wang Chung.”   “DCP,” of course, refers to y’r obed’t servant.  And “ESP” refers to “extrasensory perception.”  “Dowsing” is the practice of seeking water, or sometimes buried treasure, by means of wooden or metal rods.  (You may be familiar with the term “water-witching.”)  Apparently, I’m a vocal proponent of both ESP and dowsing.  (Everybody Wang Chung has even invented a quotation... Read more

    With next year’s Gospel Doctrine curriculum in mind, an article on the recovery of the Book of Mormon:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865644606/15-witnesses-to-the-Book-of-Mormon.html?pg=1     Read more

    “Don’t be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you’re just a reflection.” Hugh Nibley   Read more

    One conservative columnist has made his choice:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article/429092/marco-rubio-conservative-polls-beats-hillary-clinton   It’s a choice that I could be satisfied with.     Read more

    This is a really big deal:   http://ldsmag.com/a-new-way-to-study-and-share-the-book-of-mormon/     Read more

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/429140/hillary-clinton-campaign-logos-pandering-suggestions   Incidentally, here’s an opportunity to hear Hillary’s attempt at a southern black dialect:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWRoEpYuHwI   (Can you imagine, by the way, what the reaction would be if a conservative were to give so political a sermon in a church?  The American Civil Liberties Union would be having a meltdown.  The editorial page of the New York Times would declare a constitutional crisis.  Liberals across the nation would be scurrying to their basements, awaiting the brownshirts... Read more

    I published this column a year ago, but it’s still as relevant as it was then (which may, of course, be “not very”):   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618763/New-year-a-time-for-looking-both-backward-and-forward.html     Read more

    Looking for that Secret Something® that will power you and/or your business to new heights during 2016?   Why not turn to tried and true principles of success from the past — including the very distant past?   http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2012-12/05/peep-show-mark-corrigan-business-secrets-of-the-pharaohs     Read more

    I failed to note this article, from roughly six weeks ago, written by a Muslim thinker whom I’ve admired since I first heard him speak back around 1983:   http://theconversation.com/how-islamic-law-can-take-on-isis-50113   I think that this is the way Muslims need to move forward and to defeat the obscurantists and extremists in their midst.     Read more