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“Beyond Agency as Idolatry”

    Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture actually published not merely one review of Adam Miller’s Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology yesterday, but two:   Beyond Agency as Idolatry   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“Swedish city has long religious history”

        The latest installment of the biweekly Hamblin-Peterson column in the Deseret News is now up:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson subpoenaed for deposition in sex abuse lawsuits”

    I suspect that this is grandstanding by the plaintiffs’ attorney:   LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson subpoenaed for deposition in sex abuse lawsuits   I expect that he wanted publicity for his case (and, just possibly, for himself).  And he’s getting it.   I don’t much like playing along, but, if you don’t [Read More...]

“A Brighter Future for Mormon Theology: Adam S. Miller’s ‘Future Mormon'”

    It being Friday, there’s a new article from Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Brighter Future for Mormon Theology: Adam S. Miller’s Future Mormon Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“Turkey and Erdogan: Here comes the (real) caliphate”

    I’m worried about Turkey.   http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/0...   All around the world, it seems, we’re seeing the reemergence of the Strong Leader.   This is deeply disheartening.    

I’ve finally agreed to a divorce.

    I’ve been a faithful Republican since I was old enough to vote.  In fact, as some may know, my brother permitted me to pull the lever for Senator Barry Goldwater in 1964, so I’ve been a conservative Republican for a very long time.   But no longer.   My lifelong political party has [Read More...]

“Dark Matter Still a Mystery: Most Sensitive Search Yet Comes Up Empty”

    http://www.space.com/33497-dark-matte...   I wrote a column that played off of “dark matter” and “dark energy” a while back:   “Materialism isn’t what it used to be”    

“BYU climbs from No. 15 to No. 5 in this year’s ‘Best Colleges in America’ by Money Magazine”

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

Boston Globe columnist: “I’m so sorry, Mitt Romney”

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...    

“Two theological accounts of evil”

    It was a bit late going up online (although it appeared right on schedule in this morning’s print edition), but the latest installment of my Thursday column has now appeared:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...