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A project to consider for Enrichment Evening → I’m sure we could make it for less than $14.99! #
You can nominate Joseph Smith and/or Brigham Young (for that matter, Gordon B. Hinckley) for consideration in the Discovery Channel’s 100 Greatest Americans List. #
MofJ on the messy legal issues with state schools allowing religious groups to exclude gays. #
Good thing Monkeys don’t have the Internet #
The textbook of choice at Smith and Young. #
Transforming Hollywood. #
“X-Ray eyes girl” is a fake. #
Friends who’ve aborted #
More on Mormon Democrats. (Hat tip: DMI). #
Tsunami Proselyting → Capitalizing on broken hearts and contrite spirits? #
Double WoW whammy: caffeinated beer #
Germany to unemployed women: work as prostitutes or lose your benefits! #
Those wicked Berkeley liberals at it again, lowering teen pregnancy rates #
Wrenching interview with an assistant at a San Diego abortion clinic. → “One patient was afraid and said, ‘Oh God, please don’t let this hurt,’ and Sonia answered, ‘Ma’am, you leave God out of these things.’” #
A CNN article about (inactive Mormon, though it doesn’t mention that) Keri Russell, also mentioning her part in Neil LaBute’s play. #
A checklist of male privilege → I’d quibble with some of these, but it’s a list worth thinking about for members of a patriarchal church #
1,000 dead. #
Yet another Catholic heroine. #
Needless offense, from blogging evangelicals who’ve gone out of their way to give it. Surprise. → Well, my face feels spited. #
Reviving Forgotten Virtues: exactly the sort of thing BYU should be doing. → A job well done. #
Wikipedia has an entry now for “Bloggernacle” → Hat tip to DMI for the link #
We make Lileks’ victim group list. → He’s got the wrong take on the Simpsons’ quote, by the way. #
Torah Portion of the Week — Two Rebellious Daughters #
Well, the millennium may not be here, but it is the LAST DAY to vote for blogscars #
A Fair Accouting of the Summer’s Controversy → No real connection to the blog, other than that I like Summers. #
Gallagher responds. #
The prescience of Fallen Angels? → We get to choose between fire and ice, it seems. #
Grab your torches, my fellow peasants. Time to fire Frankenstein’s castle. #
Human Dignity and the Biotech Century. #
Better that ten guilty men go free . . . #
Move over SpongeBob: Administration official blasts an animated rabbit touring America → Andrew Sullivan’s take: “If Mormons are portrayed, why not gays?” #
“Faith, responsibility, family”: Key Democrat speaks out against abortion and for teen abstinence #
A Pentecostal comes down with Anglo-Catholic Fiction Disorder: a new blog called Home, Throne, and Altar #
What Roe Wrought. #
“Marriage Protection Amendment” reintroduced. → New name, same amendment. #
Christian Blogosphere Convention: GodBlogCon #
Bargain-priced family values PR → oops! Maggie Gallagher forgot to mention a couple of little federal contracts #
Controversy persists over BYU cheerleading uniforms #
“The large Mormon” #
One Kris is good, TWO are better! → BCC adds a new blogger #
Jesus is no longer our President’s favorite philosopher. #
Justice Scalia: Be Fools for Christ. #
“New York Doll” — the Sundance festival movie #
Arthur “Killer” Kane’s conversion story #
Kim Il Sung, the “Great Leader” (now dead) of N. Korea started out as a Christian and a church organist. #
The bloggernacle’s favorite Brits have a new baby! → It’s a girl!! #
High school student sues to prevent summer homework assignments. #
Biology, evolution, “intelligent design,” and Noah’s Ark. #
Jonathan Stapley asks, Is obesity against the Word of Wisdom? #
Why is home teaching so hard to get done? #
Mormons and George W. Bush. #
Baron of Deseret discusses how to get engaged without ever previously dating your fiancee. #
The world’s first (modern) non-smoking nation. #
Daub mauve the ivory tower. #
NYT op-ed: Still feeling the effect of polarization caused by the Scopes trial. (free registration req’d). #
SpongeBob as part of a subversive gay conspiracy? Say it ain’t so! (NYT, free registration req’d) #
Diversity, openness and free thought in Mecca. (NY-Times, registration required) #
Rolling Stone magazine refuses to print ad for modern-language Bible. #
Like it or not, blogs have legs. (actual title) #
The president hasn’t abandoned marriage? #
If 49% of the country thinks you’ve united the country, and 49% thinks you’ve divided it . . . who’s right? #
The bloggernacle awards are back. Go vote now! #
Becca suggests that dating is like checkers. (As I recall, most of my dating years seemed more like Solitaire . . . but maybe that’s just me). #
The New Mormon Cinema meets “24″ → Calling all filmmakers #
Do Mormons shun popular literature because of the excess profanity? #
Matt Astle wonders what on earth High Priests are for, anyway. #
And now, from the department of unfortunate headlines. #
Against “Intelligent Design.” #
Baron of Deseret on whether the Holy Ghost tells you who to date or marry. #
Help Aaron Brown prepare a talk on missionary work. #
Cow Power! #
The New Fatherhood (via daddytypes) → striking a blow for slackerdom? #
Everything you wanted to know about American courts using foreign law. (A hat tip to Mirror of Justice) #
Fornication laws without rational basis, court rules. #
Torah Portion of the Week #
A book devoted to the topic of rats in New York City. #
Saturn does, however, still have some pretty cool moons. #
States won’t “discriminate” against un-marrieds in fostering and adoption by giving preference to stable, married couples. #
Nowadays, Saturn has no children to devour. → A worrisome trend everywhere, even in the Church. #
Another heroine, who sadly will only be seen by some as through a glass, darkly. #
Jonah Goldberg and Jeff Jacoby have anticipated my one brilliant idea. → There is nothing under the sun, saith the Preacher. #
Justin’s last post at DMI is memorable, as he discusses interesting lyrics of hymns from prior LDS hymnals. #
Christianity Today on how to create a better political environment for everybody. #
The hero(ine) with a thousand faces: JL applies and myth-applies Joseph Campbell to her dating life. #
Baron of Deseret discusses whether church members should really focus on marrying a returned missionary. #
Coalition of the Giving (Why aren’t rich Islamic countries contributing more to tsunami victims?) #
Be careful about telling lawyer jokes! #
Those tech-savvy devils at BTD have a snazzy new setup. Including a forum. Not that we’re jealous, or anything. #
More discussion of dress standards, especially womens’. #
Thomas L. Friedman’s rules for Middle East reporting (New York Times, soul-sucking registration required) #
BYU has set up a website for the LOC conference on Joseph Smith → It includes a process for reserving seats #
Twenty years later, Disney will remake the movie Tron. #
Utahns discussing the religion divide. #
Anti-Evolution stickers held unconstitutional. #
Blogging vs. journalism as a conflict of interest → No man can serve two masters … #
What time is it? Time to vote for Russell’s blog in the “Koufax Awards”. Remember: Vote early and vote often! #
Using one’s head to make abit of extra cash. #
Mormon Wasp’s update on the church sex abuse case in Massachusetts #
Meet “Snappy the Little Crocodile” — a cute, hummable tune . . . and number one on the charts?! → Please blame Bryce, not me, if you’re still humming “schni schna schnappi” at the end of the day. #
More on Mormons, Democrats, and Amy Sullivan’s misunderstandings → Only for those still thinking about November 2, 2004 #
The necessary evil of remembering the past #
Religious colleges. #
Israeli women in combat → Drive nature out with a pitchfork . . . #
A true roadmap for peace: Thoughtful Spot gives us some Islamic recipes. #
Jonathan Stapley discusses Ayn Rand, asking “is it healthy that Mormons accept this hedonist prophet?” #
Responding to Krakauer. #
The rumors are true. “The most affordable Mac ever. Starting at $499.” (Comes without screen, mouse or keyboard) #
Jordan Fowles wonders if there will be a place for lawyers in the millenium. → As for me, I wonder if there will be a place for bloggers. #
Karen Hall asks for support on a new tsunami relief project. #
The global benefits of earthquakes. #
Steve Young is candidate for NFL Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. #
BTD Greg comments on Yglesias’ comments about the New Republic article suggesting Democrats target Mormons. #
Distinguishing Gaming From Reality #
Gay adoption ban stands. #
Should the Democrats try for the Mormon vote? Matt Yglesias and Amy Sullivan disagree. → Harry Reid notwithstanding, the odds aren’t very good. #
Baylor’s Experiments in Christian Education #
Nate’s New Year’s Resolution → Bug him about it! #
Torah portion of the week (scriptural commentary) in the otherwise secular and liberal Ha-Aretz newspaper. #
William Safire asks, “Where Was God?” (NYT subscription) #
The SL Trib publishes a big study on personal bankruptcy in Utah. → All findings subject to the caveat that the SL Trib is…well…a newspaper. #
Wikipedia’s entry on Joseph Smith. #
(Why) are Mormons underrepresented as producers of art, asks Jonathan Stapley. #
Amira Lace discusses the upcoming Muslim holiday, the Hajj. #
M. Newdow sues to get rid of prayers at the inaugural. #
Pop theodicy #
Only ten reasons to despise Planned Parenthood? Come, come. → As many reasons as there are abortions, I would think. #
Americanism, Anti-Americanism, and their religious roots. #
Wacky homophobic Kansas church reportedly cheers for the tsunami. → Pretty disturbing. These are the people who march around the World Trade Center with “God Hates Fags” signs. #
The baseball that won the first World Series for the Red Sox in 86 years. Would you give it back? #
Pew Internet Study of Blogging In 2004 (pdf file) #
Very interesting reflections on “Putting Herod back in Christmas.” #
John Fowles explains why he gets grumpy when he thinks others are criticizing the church. #
What’s a poor duck supposed to do when it snows? → What ever happened to flying south? #
Pushing women into combat. #
Iraqi Christians and their ills. #
Ronan Head asks how the average member justifies the (pre-OD-2) racial priesthood ban. #
Are we all torturers now? #
Everything you ever wanted to know about Ethics, but were afraid to ask. #
Wackiest Product Warning Labels #
Steve wonders if brown is the new gray. #
Instant Detox — kick the heroin habit in 24 hours with a single-step treatment #
Recent proposed legislation designed to punish (liberal) judges for their judicial opinions is criticized . . . by Chief Justice Rehnquist. (NYT, free registration req’d). #
Amira Lace has a helpful post about some of this year’s religious holidays. #
Paging Eric Stone: They’re looking for translators over at the Klingon-language Book of Mormon project. (Hat tip: A Soft Answer) #
Nate’s new paper on the philosophy of contract law! → At least I didn’t do a full post of self-promotion #
A friendly gentile discusses angry gentiles. (Hat tip: A Soft Answer). #
Scientists (and others) answer the question: “What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?” #
Dumpster Diver = Freegan? #
Dale Murphy (yes, he’s LDS) won’t be elected to the baseball Hall of Fame this year. ESPN writer Jayson Stark thinks that’s a shame. (He discusses several candidates; scroll down for Murphy). #
Wanted: Pianist for Mormon Baptism. Unitarians accepted. #
Confessions of an Abortion Doctor #
25% of those online read blogs — 62% still don’t know what a blog is. #
Catholic law professors discuss the tsunami and God’s hand in events. I’m linking to one post, but there are several worth reading. #
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. #
Utes QB to go pro. #
A disturbing account of why Norm Chow left BYU. #
Clark has an interesting discussion of the physical basis for religious experience. #
Deseret News lists Utah’s top religion stories of 2004 (hat tip: DMI). → Shockingly, T & S is nowhere on the list. Must have been an oversight. #
Like a fish needs a bicycle. #
“Blogs are fun for leisure, but they are saving lives right now in Sri Lanka.” #
The dubious wisdom of talking out your grief. → Much depends on the individual family. #

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