stallioncornell

I'ma big fan of Fairmormon.org, an LDS apologetics website that confronts some of the thornier issues in Mormon history and theology. So I joined their official Facebook group in the hopes of having some interesting conversations.Be careful what you wish for.One of the threads focused on controversy surrounding past Mormon racism.  One member asked ... Read more

I planned to focus this rant focusing on policy, but the news that Monica Lewinsky is resurfacing to air her dirty laundry over at Vanity Fair got the Clinton pathogens in my blood boiling again.Here's the deal - I don't care if you agree with his politics. I don't care if you think he's charming. ... Read more

I'veneglected this blog. I know I have. I feel just awful about it. Well, not really, but I ought to pretend I do.I don't want to abandon this blog. Yes, I write columns and such for the Deseret News, but I can't let loose there the way I can here, and I don't want to ... Read more

(Asa reminder to those of you who are not Hank, Hank slammed me pretty hard yesterday. You'll need to read his comment for this reply to make sense.)Dear Hank,I'm pleased to know you don't hold a grudge, but it leads me to wonder how much nastier you could have been if a grudge were part ... Read more

Inreviewing an incident about which I posted early in this blog's history, I realized this blog is now in its seventh year. That strikes me as being a very long time to be writing politicalrants and bowel jokes, even if I don't update it as often as I ought.Yet this blog still survives because I ... Read more

Thatphrase has a naughtier connotation now than it did in 1839 when Doctrine & Covenants section 121 was written. But verse 38 describes the phenomenon of those who try to exercise their priesthood unrighteously:

Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to kick against the pricks, to persecute the saints, and to

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Sothe editor of a virulent anti-Mormon website, which I will not link to or reference here, has filed a legal complaint in England against Thomas S. Monson under the British fraud statute passed in 2006. According to the suit, Monson has deliberately perpetuated seven separate lies for the intent of bilking two British citizens out ... Read more

Mybriefly resurgent acting career led to many backstage discussions on a variety of topics, but religion usually came to the forefront. On one occasion, I was asked how I could support a church where the policy is that "when the prophet has spoken, the thinking has been done."I responded by saying that wasn't the policy, ... Read more

Inmy real life job, I teach prisoners and parolees to identify the consequences of their behavior. To illustrate that some consequences are non-negotiable, I propose a bet.In this bet, I hold a book, and I say that I'm going to let it go. If the book falls down, they have to pay me fifty bucks. ... Read more

I'ma capitalist, and so are you.Now, you may find that statement offensive. It seems many capitalists don't realize they're capitalists, including My Esteemed Colleague, who has devoted a great deal of time and energy to championing the principles and ideology of the former Soviet Union. What he doesn't realize, though, is that the Soviets were ... Read more