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The New Yorker: “Mormon Transhumanism and the Immortality Upgrade”

    I had lunch today with Christopher Bradford, the newly elected president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, whom I’ve known for most of my life and for an even larger majority of his.  He mentioned this soon-to-appear New Yorker article to me . . . et voilà, it has now appeared and he’s sent me the link: [Read More...]

NY Times: “Why there’s hope for the middle class, with help from China [and the Mormons]”

    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/...    

Even after last night’s Trumpist victory, there’s still some slight hope for Republican conservatives

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article...    

“What We Should Learn from Jeremy Runnells: Some Thoughts on His Departure from the Church”

    I concur with this commentary on the unfortunate case of Jeremy Runnells and his recent excommunication:   What We Should Learn from Jeremy Runnells: Some Thoughts on His Departure From the Church    

Mr. Trump’s remarkable devotion to charity

    This little video — 2:46 minutes long — speaks eloquently of Mr. Donald Trump’s commitment to charity and his devotion to the city that he loves:   http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/...   Yet another reason why he should be our nation’s Leader.    

Illustrating the fierce determination of some critics of Mormonism

    On 9 April 2016, ground was broken for the new temple in Durban, South Africa.  Elder Carl B. Cook, of the Seventy, presided at that groundbreaking, accompanied by his counselors in the presidency of the Africa Southeast Area, Elders Stanley Ellis and Kevin Hamilton.   The absence of any members of the Quorum [Read More...]

“Mormon growth slows to its lowest level since 1937. Here’s why that’s great news.”

    Well . . .  I wouldn’t say that it’s great news.  I would like to see the growth rate pick up again.  But the news doesn’t seem to be quite as bad as some fear and others hope:   Mormon growth slows to its lowest level since 1937. Here’s why that’s great news. [Read More...]

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs

    An interesting hypothesis that would connect purely local (earthly) matters to events on a galactic or even extra-galactic scale:   Dark Matter’s Invisible Hand    

Three quotations from John Henry Cardinal Newman

    To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.   A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.   Growth is the only evidence of life.   And here’s a bonus quotation from Cardinal Newman: [Read More...]

The American Islamic Forum for Democracy

    On Sunday evening, Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser and I shared the pulpit for a large fireside at the Phoenix Arizona East stake center — the chapel and the cultural hall were completely full, all the way back to the stage — in a discussion about Islam.   It was the second time that we’ve [Read More...]