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“Everyone is Afraid of Enid Mickelsen” (and Don’t Miss the Slight Mormon Angle)

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   In the meantime: “Cache [County Utah] GOP leaders resigning party affiliation.”   And “Mitt Romney: My Conscience Won’t Allow Me to Vote for Trump or Clinton.”   Which is, alas, where I am, as well.   I simply can’t do it.   Posted from Amsterdam, The Netherlands    

“Two ways of taking the Gospel to others”

    This week’s installment in my Thursday column for the Deseret News is up:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Amsterdam, The Netherlands    

“Holocaust escape tunnel found: Prisoners dug with spoons to escape Nazis”

    I am, both for personal family reasons and on political-historical grounds, deeply interested in World War II and the crimes of the Nazis.  Last year’s visit to Berlin was, to a large degree, devoted to the subject, and we watched a documentary just last night about Hitler’s Adlerhof or “Eagle’s Nest” in the [Read More...]

“Do children of same-sex parents suffer higher rates of depression, obesity, and suicidal ideation?”

    David French reports and  comments upon an interesting and, frankly, worrisome new study:   http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/...   Posted from Amsterdam, The Netherlands    

“Zero, Zilch, Nada”

    His ability to use flamboyance and outrageous remarks in order to gain free on-air time is, without question, stunning.  He dominated the primary news cycles and sucked all of the oxygen out of the room for his Republican rivals.   Whatever his weaknesses as a businessman and whatever the manifest defects of his [Read More...]

From a famous daughter of Amsterdam who was murdered while still in her teens

    “I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” Anne Frank (1929-1945)   Posted from Amsterdam, The Netherlands    

“Chelsea Handler: I Should Be ‘Applauded’ For Killing Two Babies In My Womb!”

    http://www.dailywire.com/news/7004/ch...   Posted from Amsterdam, The Netherlands    

BOM Alma 41

    I simply want to point out a chiasm in today’s reading, Alma 41 — and, specifically, in Alma 41:13-15 — as identified many years ago by my friend Jack Welch:   A      The meaning of the word restoration is to bring back again B             evil for evil, or carnal for carnal, or devilish for devilish—   [Read More...]

“Are Science and Religion in Conflict?”

    An excellent article by Peter Harrison, who, unlike many who pronounce confidently on the subject, actually knows a lot about about both science and religion:   Are Science and Religion in Conflict?   Posted from Amsterdam, The Netherlands    

“Trump’s Candidacy is a Gain for ISIS”

    http://www.americanvalues.org/magazin...   I’ve had the privilege of spending time with Dr. Hassan Mneimneh at small, nearly week-long discussions in Malta and in Malaga, Spain, and at the Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta.  He’s extraordinarily impressive, and certainly one of the finest simultaneous translators I’ve ever seen.   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England   [Read More...]