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“StarWars: Episode VII” recently resumed production after taking a two-week hiatus to allow Harrison Ford to heal. Rumor has it that the Han Solo actor broke his leg when a hydraulic door of the Millennium Falcon was dropped on it. But other rumors say it wasn’t the Millennium Falcon’s door but, rather, the door of ... Read more

"Andthe people were divided one against another; and they did separate one from another into tribes, every man according to his family and his kindred and friends; and thus they did destroy the government of the land."- The Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi 7:2

The late Professor Daniel H. Ludlow was fond of noting that ... Read more

Ihave a political metaphor for you today that involves our old pal Languatron, but it occurs to me that some of you Johnny-Come-Latelys to this blog may not even know who Languatron is.Oh, how I envy you.To educate yourself about the Internet's most prolific and brain-dead troll, you can peruse my own Languatron Chronicles, which ... Read more

Iwent all in for Mitt in an embarrassing way last time around, and I would vote for him if he ran again. But he isn't going to run.I don't say that as a rhetorical device, or as a tease, or as a temporary sort of condition. ("He's not running now, but who knows?") This is ... Read more

SoKate Kelly, leader of Ordain Women, has been excommunicated.  If my Facebook newsfeed is any indication, this is a critical turning point in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It apparently represents the stifling of all future dissent, the permanent second-class citizenship of all Mormon women, and very possibly the ... Read more

Asthe Mormon Bloggernacle continues to ponder the fate of Kate Kelly and Ordain Women, I am pleased to report that I am more important than other Mormons commenting this subject.For you see, I am Mormon royalty."What?" I hear you virtually scoff. "Mormon royalty? Just who does this guy think he is?"First of all, it's not ... Read more

Asa follow-up to my non-Catholic post, allow me to share with you a statement made by John Dehlin as posted over at The Millennial Star:

Being active and in full fellowship with the church (i.e., temple recommend holding, attending meetings weekly, paying tithing, holding a calling, etc.) is not likely going to work

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I'ma big fan of Catholicism. I love and respect the Roman Catholic Church immensely, as well as many of its members and former members.  I believe in many of the central, non-distinctive moral teachings within Catholicism (e.g., love, kindness, charity, forgiveness, faith, hope), but I do not believe in papal infallibility, transubstantiation, Catholic apostolic succession, ... Read more

Duringthe 2008 campaign, Barack Obama made it clear that taxing the rich required the rich to pay not just more money than the poor, but to pay at a higher rate, too. When Charlie Gibson, of all people, pointed out that a lower capital gains rate actually brought in more government revenue than a higher ... Read more

"Bergdahlis Obama's Katrina."That was my father's assessment as I discussed this latest Obama debacle with him this morning. He reminded me that even George W. Bush's enemies grudgingly admitted that he was a strong leader until his administration's botched response to Hurricane Katrina shattered that image forever. His administration never recovered, and, for all practical ... Read more