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April 2024

April 25, 2024

Marching onward and upward

Some of the actors and crew for the Interpreter Foundation production of Six Days...

April 14, 2024

When Joseph Smith is attacked

On several occasions over the past few years, in various venues -- see here,...

March 2024

March 21, 2024

“She already existed before her life on Earth began”

I've lately begun reading a new book by Robert Christophor Coppes entitled Impressions of...

March 18, 2024

Brigham Young, Gap-Toothed Mimic

On Saturday, here in this very space, I posted a couple of references to...

March 05, 2024

This is a banner day!

For anybody who cares about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

February 2024

February 07, 2024

Of Martin Harris and “Spiritual Eyes”

Just in case anybody is out there who (a) might be interested and (b)...

January 2024

January 29, 2024

A note on Joseph Smith and Muhammad

Meridian Magazine has just posted a new article of mine entitled "The Problem of...

January 28, 2024

Writing history is easy if you toss out the facts.

Somehow, I failed to call attention here to this little essay, even though it...

December 2023

December 23, 2023

Two Hundred and Eighteen Years Ago, Today

Today is the 218th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith,...

December 03, 2023

“Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave”

I share some takeaways here from an article that I've just read in...

November 2023

November 30, 2023

Psalms 14 and 24, the First Vision, and the Temple

Today, the most concentrated amount of sheer cuteness in this region spent substantial...

November 20, 2023

“Both of the earth and of heaven”

I'm finally finding a few stolen moments in which to begin reading Richard...

November 13, 2023

Brigham Young, homicidal tyrant and bully?

The passing of President M. Russell Ballard of the Twelve represents the departure...

October 2023

October 24, 2023

“Abraham the Seer”

No day that begins with a visit to the pyramid plateau just outside...

October 14, 2023

Up in the Air

Two new articles appeared yesterday on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. I'm...

September 2023

September 28, 2023

Autumnal Thoughts

I love autumn, but it also depresses me. I love it for the...

September 26, 2023

No evidence? None at all? Really? This isn’t serious.

I've recently noticed an, umm, online "discussion" in which several former Latter-day Saints...

September 23, 2023

Why we’re doing it

Last night, my wife and I were privileged to attend and to participate...

September 08, 2023

“The Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor in Historical Context”

For any who are in the vicinity of Houston, Texas, or who may...

September 04, 2023

They just keep coming, brainlessly but without pause

This article of mine -- inspired by the heartbreaking recent events in the...

September 03, 2023

The Book of Mormon plates and playing Whac-a-Mole with critics

An interview that I recently did with Hank Smith and John Bytheway on...

September 01, 2023

What if Sacha Cohen were to visit Cody, Wyoming?

Two new articles went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. ...

August 2023

August 30, 2023

Was Joseph Smith funny?

Confident predictions of its imminent demise notwithstanding, new material constantly appears on the...

August 20, 2023

Into the Storm

For whatever little it may be worth, a video recording of the talk...

July 2023

July 29, 2023

Not a prudent move, but a brilliantly successful one

Some of you, I think, will enjoy this: "How to watch the Tabernacle...

July 20, 2023

Joseph, the Keys, and the Twelve

New just yesterday on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: In...

July 07, 2023

“A Second Mohammed”?

We were up early this morning, again -- our little family group now...

June 2023

June 27, 2023

Unconquered

Today marks the 179th anniversary of the assassination of the Prophet Joseph Smith...

June 25, 2023

“He brought heaven and earth together”

The latest iteration of the script for our next theatrical film, Six Days...

June 14, 2023

“The Last Leaf”

A new item has gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference...