Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 796

“‘I found my voice as a Mormon’: Chedda Burger chef shares testimony of joining LDS Church”

    Wow.  I wish I were in Salt Lake.  I’m feeling the need of a burger:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   And the idea of combining it with a Krispy Kreme doughnut!   My voracious appetite for Krispy Kremes — I think I may have had one within the past five years — is the stuff of [Read More...]

“Utah tops the nation in attending arts events”

    Further evidence that, as many bitter critics of Mormonism seem to believe, Utah — or “Utard,” as some like to call it — is a kind of uncultured, semiliterate, retrograde Hell on Earth:   http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/4...    

“A Celebration of Death”

    If you think that abortion is an occasion for rejoicing, your day is coming up soon:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Unfortunately, the name is already taken:  But Dia de los Muertos would be a perfect description for the day.  

Five articles related to religious liberty

    “College official tells praying man to leave because it’s not a ‘free speech area’”   At a meeting held on the campus of Harvard University:   “Scholars Ask Why Religious Repression Is Rising Despite International Pressure”   In the photo accompanying the piece, by the way, you’ll see two taller men in the [Read More...]

“Islam in Western Cinema, Part 4 — The Journey Through American Islam”

    http://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-c...    

“Are the New Testament documents reliable?”

    My Thursday Deseret News column for this week:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

“These Might Be the Oldest Fossils Ever Discovered”

    This is intriguing:   http://www.popularmechanics.com/scien...   Life seems to have appeared on Earth as soon as there was even the slightest possibility for it to do so.  That’s remarkable.  And it has a number of potential implications.   It should be obvious, moreover, that scientists are extremely unlikely to have happened upon the [Read More...]

“Balancing Freedom, Fairness, and Love in the Public Square”

    From the invaluable Ralph Hancock:   http://ldsmag.com/balancing-freedom-f...      

Learning from the “enemy”

    “Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right.” Robert Nozick (1938-2002)     Of course, it’s really helpful to have high-quality opponents.  Some people are lucky that way.  Others aren’t.    

“Fifty Years Ago Today: The Last Beatles Concert”

    I’m two days late with this:   http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/...   But I don’t want to let such a culturally significant date go completely unmentioned.   It’s always saddened me that I never saw the Beatles in concert.  I did see B. B. King; the Rolling Stones; the Byrds; Cream; Iron Butterfly; Crosby, Stills, Nash, [Read More...]