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September 2020

September 09, 2020

Martin Harris, testifying in 1870

Here are some further reports about Martin Harris just before and following his...

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 01, 2020

The aged Martin Harris in Utah

Reports about Martin Harris upon his arrival in Utah in 1870, from Susan...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

A brief visit to the Vernal Utah Temple

New materials from the Interpreter Foundation: Interpreter Radio Show — July 26,...

July 29, 2020

A brief visit to Dinosaur National Monument

On our way home this afternoon, we stopped by the fossil quarry at...

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 14, 2020

Ancient geology and really ancient geology

I continue with some notes from Jerry D. Grover, Jr., Geology of the...

July 12, 2020

“If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it?”

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called...

July 11, 2020

“Utah Area presidency urges Latter-day Saints in the state to wear masks in public”

This ought to settle the matter: "Church leaders ask Latter-day Saints in...

July 07, 2020

“BYU Vocal Point pays tribute in CNN performance to COVID-19 victims”

On national television: "BYU Vocal Point pays tribute in CNN performance to COVID-19...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

“Secret Works, Oaths, and Murders,” and a Note on Comparative Topography

Casual readers can surely be pardoned for understandably imagining that "secret works, oaths,...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

“Lehi’s Dream and the Plan of Salvation,” plus Latter-day Saint sociability

A new article -- you're surprised, maybe? -- has appeared in Interpreter: A...

May 07, 2020

“Ancient astronomers of the Colorado Plateau,” living in “A Fortunate Universe”

The latest installment of my regular bi-weekly column in the Deseret News has...

May 01, 2020

“Death to Seducers!”

A newly-published article, this one by Craig Foster, has just appeared in Interpreter:...

April 2020

April 04, 2020

A visit with the Great Spirit in pre-1847 “Utah”

From Lee Nelson, Visions from Beyond the Veil (Springville, UT: Council Press, 2014):...

April 01, 2020

“Let your light so shine”

Matthew Wheeler kindly called my attention to this item: "Malaysia's Queen is...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

“Utahns have earned a C for social isolation efforts”

"The coronavirus is pushing charities to their limit. Should Congress do more to...

March 26, 2020

“Alleged Assault on ‘Middle Eastern’ Man in Utah”

To be honest, I'm not sure that I see why there should be...

March 24, 2020

“How Latter-day Saint Charities is helping during coronavirus crisis — in Utah and around the world”

This is a really juicy one for your Christopher Hitchens Memorial "How Religion...

March 21, 2020

Act Now!

I was so impressed by these two (somewhat lengthy) articles, and I regard...

March 18, 2020

Simplistic theories on the settlement of the Americas take a hit

I don't know that this has any direct relevance to the claims of...

January 2020

January 12, 2020

“When I found what I had said I was surprised”

The other night, I read Elder Bruce C. Hafen's review, in BYU Studies 54

January 04, 2020

“Somewhere in Time,” its Utah connection, and that out-of-body experience

I posted a blog entry a couple of days ago about the film...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

“#LightTheWorld Giving Machines Expand to 10 Locations During Christmas Season”

We're just back from a fine production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of...

November 06, 2019

“Muslims and Latter-day Saints can be leaders in building tolerance”

This article, by Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the leader of the Mecca-based Muslim...

October 2019

October 20, 2019

Temples in Germany, Utah, and the Congo

"Latter-day Saint Apostle Rededicates Frankfurt Germany Temple: Four-year renovation is complete" There are...

October 18, 2019

Syria, the Kurds, and “Mormons to the Rescue?”

New York Times: "Mormons to the Rescue? The reddest faith in America is also...

October 15, 2019

“Phantom”

We had a quick but good trip down to St. George and Cedar...

October 05, 2019

Eight New Temples — So I’m Even MORE Frustrated!

Tonight, in the women's session of the 2019 semi-annual General Conference of the...