The Proclamation on the Family: A Closer Look

Irecently had a conversation with someone who had missed an LDS Woman's Conference back in 1995, but she ended up at a reception later that evening with Marjorie Hinckley, wife of then-LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley."Did I miss anything at conference today?" she asked."Oh, no - same old, same old," Sister Hinckley replied.Yet that ... Read more

Some more “Last Jedi” thoughts

Enoughtime has passed that I've allowed my "Last Jedi" experience to simmer and given me some added perspective on the whole thing.Spoilers ahead, obviously.I've mentioned My Esteemed Colleague many times on this site, and given that he's probably the biggest Star Wars geek I know, I texted him not long after I had seen ... Read more
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The Road Not Taken: Poetry’s Greatest Prank

Thispost is inspired by a Facebook flame war - one in which I did not participate, so the object of this discussion won't know I'm talking about him. The subject of the war is unimportant. What matters is that it concluded when a particularly sanctimonious dude tried to salvage his decimated argument by quoting Robert ... Read more