Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1243

“Obama’s Untruth, Inc.”

    One of my favorite commentators is Victor Davis Hanson:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...    

Dr. Farouk El-Baz

    I think it important that Americans be aware of Muslims who are quite different from ‘Usama b. Ladin, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and ISIS.   Here’s one:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_E...    

On political jokes

“5 leadership lessons from The Mormon Tabernacle Choir”

    A nice piece from the Forbes Magazine website:   http://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdea...    

1 Nephi 8

    Today’s reading, in my daily look at the Book of Mormon, is 1 Nephi 8.   This is among the best known chapters in the Book of Mormon, a chapter that has given us one of Mormonism’s most potent symbols, the Tree of Life.   I have a lot of other things to do today, and [Read More...]

“Katherine Heigl shares home in Utah, love for family and Mormon values”

    Some of you probably missed this.  Many of you probably don’t care.  But I thought that a few might find it interesting:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   I certainly hope that, someday, a Latter-day Saint can make it onto the Hollywood A-list without abandoning his or her faith.  But, alas, Hollywood is a powerful acid bath. [Read More...]

A very odd exception

“Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II”

    My friend Jabra Ghneim called my attention to this fascinating item:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteve...   I’m extremely pleased at the idea of this film, and very much look forward to seeing it.   Here’s a website devoted to it:   http://www.enemyofthereich.com   Such stories, of Muslims as of others, need to be more widely [Read More...]

“Unsettled Score”

      In an article for the September 2014 issue of Scientific American, David Pogue — the anchor columnist for Yahoo Tech and the host of several NOVA miniseries for PBS — examines the question (from his subtitle) “Will digital orchestras replace live musicians in concert?”   He considers the rising cost of live [Read More...]

“Basic Methodological Problems with the Anti-Mormon Approach to the Geography and Archaeology of the Book of Mormon”

    Although — incredibly — it’s now over twenty years old, I still think that this article needs to be carefully read before entering into any serious conversation regarding archaeological support, or lack of support, for the Book of Mormon:   http://publications.maxwellinstitute....   Posted from Depoe Bay, Oregon (where I have only a few more [Read More...]