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The challenge that Putin poses to NATO

    Vladimir Putin’s behavior in the Ukraine represents a new kind of foreign policy dilemma for NATO and the West.  And, if he succeeds in the Ukraine, what will prevent him from using the same successful methods on other parts of the former Soviet Union, or on various states that dared to break away from [Read More...]

On Harry Reid’s Name-Removal

    No, not from the Church.   From a building at Southern Utah University, where he studied as an undergraduate.   The president of the school says that the removal of Senator Reid’s name described in the article wasn’t politically motivated.  And perhaps that’s true, although some Southern Utah conservatives are overjoyed at the news.

Tolkien and the PC Police

  I’m a major fan of J. R. R. Tolkien, which is only one of the reasons that this cartoon caught my eye.   I apologize in advance, because it contains one F-bomb.  I can do nothing about that.  But, if the word would offend you too much, please don’t read this cartoon.   I held [Read More...]

Obama a war criminal, says “Cornel West”

    As has been pointed out by at least two intrepid investigators, I get all of my political facts and opinions from Sean Hannity, at Fox News.   Here’s an item that I’d almost forgotten about:   Employing his fictional “Cornel West” personality, Sean Hannity is shown here speaking at Fox News Headquarters in New [Read More...]

“Joseph Smith’s Hick Language in the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript”

    After decades of observing them, it’s pretty difficult for extreme ex- and anti-Mormon critics to astonish me.   Even so, on the whole, I’ve been amazed at the reaction of many of them to my recent column focused on Dr. Stanford Carmack’s article, now two weeks old, in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture.   [Read More...]

“13 Jobs You’ll Be Surprised were Held by General Authorities”

    I think I already knew twelve of these.  And I had heard but forgotten the thirteenth:   http://ldsliving.com/story/76462-13-j...    

“James Carville: Romney will run again in 2016″

    http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Jame...    

“The Book with the Unintentionally Self-Referential Title”

    One hundred and nine (109) weeks of consecutive publication, and still counting:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-...   In this week’s review article, Brant Gardner examines a recent effort to demonstrate the Book of Mormon a fraud.   He isn’t convinced.    

Living in places like Panguitch, Malad, and Dutch John definitely has some advantages.

    I expect that the tourism boards for Las Vegas and New York City won’t be dancing in the streets over this one:   http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/al-Q...    

“The Problem with a Religious Superiority Complex”

    This article makes a very important point:   http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/14819   Of course, it’s fairly easy to recognize what the author calls a “religious superiority complex” in other people.   Ironically, in fact, such a complex is often very obvious among the militantly anti-religious.   For instance, the campaign by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins to claim [Read More...]