Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 938

“Tragedy and Choices”

    Thanks to Loran Blood for bringing this item, written by one of my favorite economists and political commentators, to my notice:   http://www.realclearpolitics.com/arti...   I’m considerably more positive toward Marco Rubio than Dr. Sowell is, but, overall, I agree with him.  I certainly agree with him, given the challenges that we face, in his [Read More...]

“Joseph Smith’s Sexual Polyandry and the Emperor’s New Clothes: On Closer Inspection What Do We Find?”

    Dr. Brian Hales presented these remarks on a very controversial topic — a brave fellow, he is! — at the FairMormon conference in August 2012:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...   Posted from Ka’anapali, Maui, Hawai’i    

“2 Nephi 6-10: Jacob’s Masterful Discourse”

    Dr. Taylor Halverson continues to contribute very helpful materials to the section on the Interpreter Foundation’s website dedicated to “Resources for Students and Teachers”:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/2-ne...   Posted from Ka’anapali, Maui, Hawai’i    

Praying for Richard Dawkins? Quelle horreur!

    It seems that the extremely outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins recently suffered a stroke.   This isn’t altogether surprising.  He’s 74 years old, after all, and, as it eventually does for all of us, mortality has come knocking at his door.   What is, however, slightly surprising — but, based on my years of [Read More...]

“The Right Dose of Exercise for a Longer Life”

    It’s my goal to make this blog your one-stop source for all your basic intellectual, cultural, scientific, political, theological, and life-orientational needs.  As the soon-to-be popular saying has it, “When Sic et Non speaks, the thinking has been done.”   So here I am (thanks to a helpful heads-up from Jann Cahoon Campbell), acting [Read More...]

“Fearing the ‘G’ Word, the State Department Turns Its Back on Middle Eastern Christians”

    “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.  Not to speak is to speak.  Not to act is to act.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer (martyred by the Nazis in 1945)   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Posted from Ka’anapali, Maui, Hawai’i    

“The Allegory of the Olive Trees”

    In this, the 157th scripture roundtable posted by the Interpreter Foundation, Kristine Frederickson, Steven Densley, Daniel Peterson, and Martin Tanner discuss Jacob 5-6:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scri...   These two chapters are the principal focus of 2016 Gospel Doctrine lesson 13.   Posted from Ka’anapali, Maui, Hawai’i          

BOM 2 Nephi 29

    Today’s relatively short reading, 2 Nephi 29, is noteworthy for at least two things:   1)   It’s a very clear statement of the characteristically Mormon idea that revelation isn’t restricted to the Bible, and that more scripture, beyond the Bible and from beyond even the traditional lands of the Bible, will be forthcoming.   2) [Read More...]

Is this progress?

    “A newspaper,” remarked H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), “is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.”   What on earth would he have made of the Web?     Posted from Ka’anapali, Maui, Hawai’i    

“Keeping the Young Ignorant about Socialism”

    http://townhall.com/columnists/robert...   The rise of Senator Sanders, particularly among the youth, represents a triumph of contemporary education.   And it was quite predictable.  The campus radicals of the 60s went on to become the professoriate, and they trained and are now hiring their replacements.  And, together, they’re training young voters.   Economic conservatives [Read More...]