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May 2026

May 31, 2026

A Follow-Up on How I Met President Jeffrey R. Holland

On 27 December 2025, I responded to that morning's sad news with a blog...

February 2026

February 26, 2026

Once more on Elder Gilbert and BYU (and Notre Dame)

I've been seeing complaints in a few circles that our treatment of certain topics...

November 2025

November 25, 2025

From a mass-casualty hate-crime survivor

I spent several minutes yesterday skimming through a few newspaper letters to the editor...

November 24, 2025

On my apparently deep dislike of the Beatles

Here is a quartet of follow-up articles regarding the topic of yesterday's blog entry,...

November 23, 2025

Bigots in the Bleachers

Well, BYU won its tenth football game of the season last night (as compared...

October 2025

October 27, 2025

On conspiracy theories and other timely matters

Forewarned, they say, is forearmed. So -- although this forthcoming Bravo miniseries will, no...

July 2025

July 27, 2025

An incident on the Usumacinta River, many years ago

It seems appropriate to jot down some lines on my life history on a...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

An opportunity in Germany and an opportunity online

I'm very excited about the planned medical school at Brigham Young University. I have...

February 22, 2025

“Ancient Metal Plates?”

Along with her sister, my wife and I drove the famous "Road to Hana"...

January 2025

January 06, 2025

Houston, You Have an Opportunity

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will shortly be assaulted yet again...

November 2024

November 09, 2024

Approaching the Final Days of “Six Days in August”?

I doubt that many will be going to theaters along the Mormon Corridor this...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

“Ask God Whether It is True”

Professor John Turner, a member of the faculty at Virginia's George Mason University...

August 22, 2024

Moms for Liberty, BYU, and Banning Books

I notice that there are some (including the lamentable Salt Lake Tribune -- which,...

July 2024

July 29, 2024

Big News

Interpreter Radio Show — July 21, 2024 For the 21 July 2024 installment of...

July 06, 2024

Perhaps it saved me

Well, we checked off most of the items on our list during this visit...

June 2024

June 25, 2024

A Full Life

1. Come, lay his books and papers by, he shall not need them more;...

March 2024

March 14, 2024

“Innovations and Initiatives at BYU and BYU-Idaho”

Last night, I was among a group of people who had been invited to...

February 2024

February 04, 2024

Puʻuhonua

I sometimes encounter the complaint from some atheists that they don't even desire immortality...

December 2023

December 12, 2023

On the future of BYU

I love Brigham Young University. I believe in it. I never wanted to teach...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

The Book of Mormon and a Gospel View of War

Two new articles have appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "“In...

April 23, 2023

Another faith-promoting encounter with law enforcement

I'm still somewhat in the autobiographical vein, and I've elected to continue what...

April 12, 2023

Links Left Lying

Oy veh. This is not a story that I was happy to see:...

April 05, 2023

“That the church may stand independent”

There has been huge indignation in some circles -- including, sadly, among some...

February 2023

February 17, 2023

Adieu!

Two new articles went up today at noon (Utah time) on the website...

January 2023

January 15, 2023

Five Years On

Elder Russell M. Nelson was set apart as the seventeenth president of the...

January 05, 2023

Meditations and Reflections

I first read the Meditations of the Stoic Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD...

January 04, 2023

“I made a mistake in growing weary of the Gospel.”

New material on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: "From...

December 2022

December 17, 2022

“The beginning of the end of death’s dominion”

I spoke today at the U.S. Hazara Conference 2022, which was held in...

December 08, 2022

Videos of the Tenth-Birthday Party for the Interpreter Foundation

December 06, 2022

Things Done and Things to Do

Three new items went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...