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April 2021

April 12, 2021

A Triptych on Fasting, Latter-day Saints, Muslims, Anti-COVID Vaccinations, Dan Vogel, and the Book of Abraham

*** First, I want to pass along these items from Sam LeFevre,...

December 2020

December 27, 2020

Does the Existence of the Universe Point to a Creator?

Why is there anything at all? Either the universe -- by which,...

December 12, 2020

Some things that need to be accounted for

First, though, here's something new that was posted today on the website of...

December 11, 2020

“Did Joseph Smith Hypnotize the Book of Mormon Witnesses?” and Various Other Wonders

Two new book reviews, one by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye and one by Stephen O....

December 03, 2020

Does President Trump Need to Suspend the Constitution, Void the Election, and Impose Military Rule?

Okay. I'm about to post some political thoughts and links. These political thoughts...

December 01, 2020

Good reading, free, online

I received this note yesterday from Valerie Hudson Cassler -- see her 2010 testimony...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Profound Thanks and Radical Orthodoxy

In a week during which we've been encouraged to #GiveThanks by the man...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Of Smallpox, Epidemics, Hawaii (or Hawai’i), Latter-day Saints, and the Sandwich

My wife and I have belonged for many years now to a regular...

October 22, 2020

“Utah is in trouble”

Sic et Non's resident epidemiologist, Sam LeFevre, today posted the comment that appears...

October 21, 2020

Science and Mutual Care

"‘This is a real disease’: Hospital giving behind-the-scenes look at intensive care in...

October 20, 2020

A coming “mega-tsunami”?

From The Atlantic: "The Vaccine News That Really Matters: Soon COVID-19 vaccine makers...

October 19, 2020

“Deeply religious marriages have more spousal equality” and Sweden’s COVID-19 response “shouldn’t be a model for the rest of the world”

It's science. Well, social science, anyway. And it has a connection to Brigham...

October 17, 2020

“The Church supports the use of vaccinations”

This is pleasant news, of course: "Elder and Sister Gong Successfully Complete...

October 02, 2020

Me, the coronavirus, and my fiendish attempt to take away the freedoms of BYU students, staff, and faculty

I've been contacted by two or three people who are incensed at my...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

When the neat world depicted by science fell apart

It used to be that scientists and those influenced by them viewed...

September 21, 2020

Tales of the Coronavirus

16 September 2020: "Utah health officials report 747 new COVID-19 cases — highest...

September 14, 2020

Life on Venus? Intelligent Life on Earth?

Now this is interesting: "Phosphine gas found in Venus’ atmosphere may be...

September 09, 2020

Is religion a failed attempt at scientific explanation?

Here's a passage from Alister McGrath, The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the...

September 07, 2020

Regarding the Young/Dumb at BYU, and Watermelons

If you are one of these selfish and irresponsible idiots, please stop it. ...

September 05, 2020

“Why the ‘COVID-19 killed only 6%’ argument is wrong”

I've been encountering the claim, of late, that the Centers for Disease Control...

September 04, 2020

So what DOES Saturn’s largest moon smell like?

There's good, or at least promising, coronavirus news: "University of Utah Health...

August 2020

August 05, 2020

“How the Pandemic Defeated America,” and Other Evils of Science

It's time, yet again, to share some of the COVID-19-related links that I've...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

Of ancient plagues and really, really ancient extinctions

The latest installment of my bi-weekly Deseret News column went up yesterday. I'm...

July 24, 2020

“Galileo: Science vs. religion or truth vs. fiction?”

The latest installment of my regular Deseret News column was actually published yesterday...

July 23, 2020

A tale of two adjacent states

Driving over to Colorado the other day, my wife and I were struck...

July 21, 2020

Before he found Tokyo

I think that this report, created by a professor of biological sciences at...

July 18, 2020

For the weekend

A new item on the website of the Interpreter Foundation by members of...

July 17, 2020

Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?

Please watch and share these two new videos, which were kindly brought to...

July 16, 2020

Setbacks, Archaeological and Epidemiological

The latest installment of my bi-weekly Deseret News column appeared earlier today: ...

July 13, 2020

“If You Could Hie to Kolob”

This passage from John D. Barrow, The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits...