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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle. I like the sentiment of this quote but it is just wrong. You can never eliminate all which is impossible. Because you may not even know all the impossible cases. R...

After proposing that the temple in Rome might be a fuller expression of LDS art I realized I do not remember it very well. I remember looking at the public photos. I decided to go back and review. There are some Youtube presentations. I find the exterior gardens pleasant. I find the exterior buildin...

I am not one who has carefully studied this problem. It was not long after I had stopped believing that at my parents home I read a church magazine with Nibly's article about the Papyrus being returned to the church. He fronted this theory that there was encoded in the Egyptian a Hebrew or something...

I see both Republicans and Democrats acting in shameful and cultish ways. That is why I say to hell with both parties. I will vote for the best of two bad options. Trumpism is so far off the map of acceptable that it really is no option. Anyone who can’t recognize what an effing fool Trump is does ...

I am a democrat and progressive. I am most certainly not a Marxist. I love this country and fly its flag at my home. I am horrified by how Trump disrespected our country and our constitution. There are a few people on the left, fanatics, who horrify me. I see a big difference between them and the ne...

Isn't that the one where Joseph Smith is assassinated and Sidney Rigdon falls in love with femme fatale Emma while Brigham Young destroys all hope of a bloodline succession by having young Joseph Smith III murdered while hidden in a wagon trying to escape Nauvoo and then Rigdon and Young square off...

For art expression drumdude mentioned: "the JC Penny 80’s department store temple aesthetic" I think it is worth considering a large effort heavily invested in like the new temple in Rome. It had a group of photos so that one can see what it looked like. Hardly Penny department store. I realize ther...

Mike's contribution is easier to look at than Jon's. It is so easy to complain about Jon. He hurts my eyes but what ideological devotion!

It might be that there are some times and places more conducive to producing important art. I have some reservations thinking now is the time. If I think of visual arts I find myself seeing a surplus of dubious art filling the space. I am not thinking there is no good art. But it appears to be a tim...

she certainly has a lovely singing voice and does a lovely version of the song.

I do not mean to contest anybody else's feeling but for me Janice sang the song like a forest fire, like a wound never completely healed. That girl from Texas will always have a piece of my heart.