Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1093

A guilty beagle

    My daughter-in-law — who just moved into her first house on Friday! — brought this video to my attention.  The thieving beagle tries to atone for his sin:   https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news/v...   Posted from Victoria, British Columbia

Have you been feeling the heat?

    Well, it could be worse.   You could be living in, say, southwestern Iran, at the head of the Persian Gulf:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/c...   http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather...   On the whole, I’m quite content to be sitting right now at the southern tip of unusually warm but still relatively cool Vancouver Island, on Canada’s Pacific coast.   [Read More...]

With or against the prevailing current?

    “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”  (G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man [1925])   Posted from Victoria, British Columbia    

“Did you ever notice the asterisk on your Social Security statement?”

      Pay attention.  You’re being ripped off:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   You probably don’t send your financial information to Nigeria even when the dying widows of former African dictators, moved by your Christian walk with the Lord, want to send you millions of dollars.  You most likely haven’t collected your prize from a single one [Read More...]

Last week in Utah theaters

    There’s some very worthwhile live theater in Utah.   Last week, my wife and I enjoyed a healthy portion of it, but I’ve neglected to report on what we saw — and I know that millions out there must be panting with irresistible curiosity about this matter.   Herewith, then, a brief summary: [Read More...]

“Family Breakdown, the Welfare State, and the Family Proclamation: An Alternative History”

    Walker Wright has posted an interesting and relatively short piece on the background to the Church’s “Proclamation on the Family” that is well worth reading:   http://www.withoutend.org/family-proc...   Posted from Victoria, British Columbia    

The Decline of American Higher Education? A Case Study

    There’s no question that the American professoriate leans considerably to the left of the American populace that supports it — and sometimes wildly so.   Here’s an example of the kind of unfettered lunacy that goes largely unchallenged in some academic subcultures:   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/31/...   William F. Buckley’s celebrated career was launched when [Read More...]

“Pluto and the Genesis Rock”

    An interesting little bit of astronautic history with which I was completely unfamiliar:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   And Josh Gelernter is right:  Something extraterrestrial should definitely be named after Lee Silver.   I’m going to write to my congressman, Jason Chafetz, right now.   Posted from Victoria, British Columbia

Earthly stewardships

    Luke 16:10-12   “He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.  If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?  And if you have [Read More...]

Should religious believers be placed in straitjackets?

    One fairly prominent writer (for, among other outlets, the very respectable Atlantic Monthly) says “Yes!”   Unfortunately for his noble vision, though, it will require more jackbooted thugs and more force to bring it to fulfillment than are currently at his disposal.   And, contrary to the fond hopes of some vocal atheists, [Read More...]