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“Trump’s Fundraising Report Exposes His Scam Campaign”

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Make America great again!   Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England    

Out of the solitude and silence of Lindisfarne

    My wife and I spent the night on Holy Island, as the isle of Lindisfarne has been known for many centuries.  It’s easy to drive over here at broad intervals, but, when the tide is in, this place becomes truly an island, separate from the coast of England.   By fortunate coincidence, we [Read More...]

BOM Alma 33

    Two quick points about Alma 33:   1.   In this chapter, Alma cites not only Moses but Zenos (well known to readers of the Book of Mormon for Jacob 5) and Zenock as support for the doctrine that God has a son.   I have no solid proof for this, but it [Read More...]

Why water is essential to life

    Fascinating research from Ohio State University:   https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/06/20/...   P.S.:  Notice the names of the researchers.  Are Americans going into science and engineering any more?  (Anecdotal evidence:  My nephew completed a Ph.D. in engineering at a top-three engineering school a number of years ago.  Out of, I believe, fifteen in his entering class, [Read More...]

The Dead Sea is shrinking rapidly.

    I’ve watched it happening.  The Dead Sea is considerably smaller and lower than it was when I first saw it in 1978.  Here’s a fascinating article about the topic:   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middl...   So you should visit the Dead Sea area with me soon, before the Sea becomes even smaller.   Posted from Lindisfarne, Northumbria, [Read More...]

Winston Churchill’s investigation into LDS missionary practices

    Did you know that Winston Churchill — prior to becoming the Winston Churchill — once conducted an official inquiry into the behavior of Mormon missionaries?   I didn’t.   But he did:   http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...-   I admire the thoroughness and justice of his approach.  I’ve just been reading some comments by a group [Read More...]

Mr. Trump and the Latter-day Saints

      On Nevada:  “Trump hits a Mormon wall”   On Utah:  “Why Trump Could Turn America’s Most Republican State Blue”   I’m not a Trumpist, of course.  But it would seem that, when your candidate risks losing the most committed portion of his party’s support, it might not be absurdly unreasonable to regard [Read More...]

Some thoughts from Sir Walter Scott

    To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.  One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men [Read More...]

What should Republican national convention delegates do if Mr. Trump continues to self-destruct?

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Posted from Göteborg, Sweden    

Late term abortions and infanticide in Australia

    I’m grateful — I suppose that’s the appropriate word — to Neville Rochow for calling this item to my notice:   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-15...   Many look down upon previous generations for their moral indifference toward, or even moral support of, such things as slavery and the denial of the franchise and other basic rights [Read More...]