Myth Myth
Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 36 Comments
Several weeks ago, I read an article by Robert Rees and published by Sunstone. A number of Mormon web sites have pointed to it, most recently Times and Seasons yesterday. The topic of the article is that Mormons spread phony stories amongst themselves in order to feel special. The article left me […]
Read More..>>Competing Ethics
Posted on February 27, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 12 Comments
Before the War on Terror there was the War on Drugs. The problem was that war wasn’t exactly a rousing success. (Drug prices went down, quality went up) We spent arguably billions and probably only succeeded in making quite a few people rich. Now the War on Terror is arguably more […]
Read More..>>Battlestar Galactica and “The Cold Equations”
Posted on February 26, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 14 Comments
“The Cold Equations” is a classic science fiction story that carefully juxtaposes shopworn clichés with a scientifically rigorous premise, leading to an inevitable conclusion that no one wants, but the reader is ultimately forced to accept. When first published, it caused a minor controversy that manages to spark debate even today.
Battlestar Galactica had a chance […]
A tale of two candidates
Posted on February 26, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 30 Comments
One presidential candidate has a father who was a bigamist(four marriages). Another has a great-grandfather who was a polygamist.
Guess which story is getting more attention?
Do I think either story is relevant to the type of president they would be? Not really, although Obama’s history is closer to affecting him personally and perhaps affecting […]
Archeologists discover Jesus’ family tomb?
Posted on February 25, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 11 Comments
This has to be one of the biggest Biblical archeological discoveries ever. Archeologists claim to have discovered the tomb where Jesus and Mary Magdalene were buried. And they may have had a son named Judah. No, it’s not April 1.
Read about it here.
A Black Badge of Mourning
Posted on February 24, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 2 Comments
Officer Anthony Jon Holly
When a police officer dies in the line of duty, it is customary for other officers in the region to place a black band of mourning over their police shields as a sign of respect. Officers traditionally wear this black band from the time of the officer’s death, until midnight the […]
Read More..>>Lake Mead and Me or: Why Climate Change Doesn’t Heat Me
Posted on February 23, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 36 Comments
My maternal grandmother was born in a town which, like so many in my home state, no longer exists. Kaolin existed near the Muddy River, a small tributary of the Colorado River. The Muddy River was pioneered by Mormons in 1865, mostly abandoned in 1871, and resettled in the 1880s. (Henry Eyring […]
Read More..>>A Thought Experiment…
Posted on February 21, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments
(Inspired by a number of web threads, including this one)
Meet “Bob”…
Bob is a normal working-class white guy in his early 30’s. He works for a construction company during the day, and comes home to his wife and three-year-old daughter at night. He and his family lead an average, but comfortable, lower-middle-class existence.
An intelligent Gospel-related discussion on Iraq and Iran?
Posted on February 20, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 162 Comments
One of the things I’d like to see is an intelligent gospel-related discussion on Iraq and Iran that does not fall into predictable partisanship, Bush-bashing and/or Harry Reid-bashing.
Is it possible?
Top 10 Reasons to Vote for Mitt Romney
Posted on February 20, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 26 Comments
I received the following in an email from my dad last week. I haven’t been able to track down the source to provide proper attribution (if you know who authored this, please let me know), but it’s just too good not to share!
Here are the top 10 reasons to vote for Mitt Romney:
