On the sweetness of Mormon life–
I am waiting to pass the sacrament. Our newest deacon explains to me in whispers why “Rock of Ages” is wrong for an opening hymn. (more…)

What is a freedom? Here’s one quick and dirty guide. (more…)

Why is it that we hear the loudest yelps of devotion to science from the drivers of public hysteria on nuclear waste? (more…)

I AM the milishy, all by my lonesome. Yeehah!

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers do not pay for themselves. So why not tax estates? The money has to come from somewhere, so why not from the dead? (more…)

In a chapter called Knights and Squires, right after a chapter where Ishmael defended the dignity of whaling on the grounds that whale oil is used to anoint the kings of England, Melville has Ishmael praise democracy and equality. Ironic, no? (more…)

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“Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hopes.”

–Moby Dick, ch. 7. Discuss. (more…)

President Uchtdorf reminded us that last Sunday was Palm Sunday. (more…)

On the bright side, my Aunt Agatha will not make it either.

Go join the Mormon Battallion patriotic Choir. Honor your past and your country.

This made me want to cry. (more…)

Mr. Baruch Spinoza did not define monotheism that way, sir. I have always found him to be a reliable guide in these matters, sir. Thank you, sir.

Every Mormon knows Jacob’s sermon in Jacob 2 where he condemns unchastity and men who sexually dishonor women. Less known is that Jacob begins the sermon denouncing pride. (more…)

This johnny has a head for figures, what?