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September 2026

September 10, 2026

In praise of vaccines

Steve Densley Jr. -- who, by the way, serves as the very capable executive...

September 19, 2025

Calling All Experts!

This timely new book review was published today on the website of the Interpreter...

October 2021

October 08, 2021

Misrepresenting an apostle

*** An interesting claim appeared on Wednesday, 6 October, in a post...

September 2021

September 08, 2021

Choosing the Kingdom First

*** I return to a subject that I raised in my immediately...

August 2021

August 17, 2021

Fundamentals Six and Seven: A Refresher

*** To repeat: "The First Presidency Urges Latter-day Saints to Wear...

August 13, 2021

“Joseph Smith as a Book of Mormon Storyteller”

*** A new article -- this one by Brian C. Hales --...

August 13, 2021

“Follow the Prophet!”

Starting tomorrow, Friday (13 August): And here's another new item...

July 2021

July 07, 2021

Just do the right thing

*** My wife and I are hoping to be able to go...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

“Do We Have Non-Biblical Evidence that Jesus Existed?”

*** First, though, some Witnesses news: Some will be interested know...

May 2021

May 05, 2021

“Martin Harris: Skeptic or Gullible Dupe?”

*** The most recent installment of my new twice-a-month column for Meridian...

April 2021

April 28, 2021

Difficult Issues, Polarization, and the Latter-day Saints

*** It's very possible, unfortunately, that you won't be able to access...

April 24, 2021

The Book of Moses Is Scrutinized — and Flourishes Under Scrutiny

I hope that you caught Richard L. Bushman's magnificent opening keynote speech for...

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,...

April 12, 2021

“Edfu and Exodus”

*** Newly published just now in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint...

April 03, 2021

“But I tell you, I saw it!”

*** New today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Book of...

April 01, 2021

Serving the Cause by Getting the Shot, and Observing Hugh Nibley

The ever-dying Interpreter Foundation has somehow managed to gasp out yet another book. ...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

“Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you!”

First, though: "Witnesses Movie Interview and Special Screening" Book of Moses Essays...

February 15, 2021

“The Handclasp, the Temple, and the King”

I read just this morning that Latter-day Saint apologetics is literally soaked in...

February 13, 2021

The curious “assumption of intelligibility”

I eagerly await vaccination against COVID-19 -- not only for my own safety...

January 2021

January 24, 2021

“Cosmic Conundrum”

Okay. If I havn't been clear enough yet, let me make it unmistakably...

January 20, 2021

On the General Authorities’ Endorsement of Global Communism

At least by the time I was in graduate school, evangelical Protestant anti-Mormonism...

December 2020

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 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...

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 23, 2020

Bob: “There’s light at the end of the tunnel.” Bill: “WHAT tunnel?”

Fake news! "New Covid-19 cases reported Friday in the US are the...

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...

September 2020

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...