Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1087

Pope Francis and the Castro brothers

    Pope Francis is very popular, and he typically receives rave reviews from the press.   Here’s one area, though, where (at least as of now) perhaps he shouldn’t:   http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

Orlando Sentinel: “Mormons lead way in helping formerly homeless”

    A nice article about efforts in central Florida:   http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/o...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“Charley’s Aunt”

    Just back from dinner with the mother of a long-time friend.  It was his parents and his family who first introduced me to the idea of Shakespeare festivals when they invited me to go to Ashland, Oregon, with them for the famous festival there.   I fell immediately in love with the idea. [Read More...]

“The fact that most women wear make-up is now being called a sexist “make-up tax’”

    Women of the world unite!  You have nothing to lose but your chains!   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

Is the POW/MIA flag a symbol of racist hate, like the Confederate battle flag?

    One writer for Newsweek appears to think so:   http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“Underground Christians”

    My wife and I love Turkey, and Cappadocia, which is in central Turkey (and which is pronounced Kappa-DOH-kee-a, with a hard “k” sound), is one of the most unusual and interesting places we’ve ever been.   But that’s not the reason I’m posting this:   http://www.mormonwomenstand.com/stand...   We’re certainly not to the point [Read More...]

New Testament 237

    Luke 18:9-14 Compare Matthew 23:12; 18:4; Luke 14:11   There is a fine but very important line between the peace that the Gospel can bring, on the one hand, and, on the other, smug, complacent self-satisfaction.   Few spiritual offenses are worse than self-righteous and judgmental pride.   We should be continually on [Read More...]

“What lies beneath?”

    An interesting article from the Economist about the possibility, previously mentioned here, that the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, still famous for her remarkable beauty, wife of the famous reforming pharaoh Akhenaten and stepmother of the even more famous Tutankhamen, may have been found:   http://www.economist.com/news/books-a...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“The Taming of the Shrew”

      I try to make sure that my wife sees Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew every few years, at a minimum.  One can never get too much of it.   Back on 3 July, we also saw Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate, an updated adaptation of Shrew, in San Diego’s Globe Theater.   [Read More...]

Adolescent girls as the principal drivers of linguistic change

    I can’t say that I’m really thrilled by the overuse of like and by the habit of ending every declarative sentence with an up-tone, as if it were a question?   But then, I’m really, really old, and I’m very unfashionably male, so my opinion is probably unworthy of mention.   In any [Read More...]