Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 976

Two movies

    Last night, we went to see the latest James Bond film, Spectre.   Lots of things blew up.  I enjoyed it.  My critics can happily dismiss me, yet again, as a low-brow and a Philistine.  I don’t much care.   Early this evening, we watched a screening of Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film of Shakespeare’s [Read More...]

A thought for the Sabbath

    “To gain control of the world of space is certainly one of our tasks. The danger begins when in gaining power in the realm of space we forfeit all aspirations in the realm of time. There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to [Read More...]

Some archaeological developments to look for in 2016

    http://www.livescience.com/53235-what...    

“Forty-Five Years of Chiasmus Conversations: Correspondence, Criteria, and Creativity”

      In August 2012, my long-time friend and colleague Jack Welch presented a valuable retrospective on the topic of chiasmus to the annual FairMormon conference.  His remarks are available here:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...    

“Man wraps bacon over Las Vegas mosque’s door handles in possible hate crime”

    http://abc7.com/news/man-wraps-bacon-...   I’ve never been thrilled with the idea of “hate crimes.”  To me, there are just “crimes,” and thoughts are free.  Maybe I could be convinced, but I resist the notion.   People have the right to be wrong, to be idiots, to think uncharitable and even prejudiced and hateful thoughts.  But [Read More...]

BOM 1 Nephi 8

    Today’s reading, in my daily look at the Book of Mormon, is 1 Nephi 8.   This is among the best known chapters in the Book of Mormon, a chapter that has given us one of Mormonism’s most potent symbols, the Tree of Life.   I have a lot of other things to do today, and so, [Read More...]

Reflections

    A couple of days ago, in the afternoon before we went to a family gathering, my wife and I joined for a year-end party with the members of a reading group to which we’ve belonged for, oh, something like twenty-five or thirty years.  The names of some of the members of the group — [Read More...]

“The Unforgettable Natalie Cole”

    http://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/...    

“May your new year begin better than Amalickiah’s”

    Here’s my New Year’s column for 2011, five years ago:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70...    

Mr. Trump on Asians

    “When these people walk in the room, they don’t say, ‘Oh, hello!  How’s the weather?  It’s so beautiful outside.  Isn’t it lovely?  How are the Yankees doing?  Oh they’re doing wonderful.  Great.’  They say, ‘We want deal!’”  (at an August 2015 rally in Iowa)