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Ripples in History

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:02:18 +0000

I recently finished Victor Davis Hanson’s Ripples of Battle (Doubleday, 2003), with the give-it-all-away subtitle How wars of the past still determine how we fight, how we live, and how we think . Generalizing a bit, not just wars but many major events and some small, unnoticed ones send ripples into the future, silently influencing future generations. Could the present, our present, have turned out differently?

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Arizona Reveals a Struggle Beyond the Courtroom and the Ballot

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:13 +0000

In light of recent events in Arizona, I propose we lead in our communities where national and global leaders lag behind on issues of human rights and love of neighbor. We know that the struggle in Arizona is one of…

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How to Integrate Faith and Scholarship– and How Not To

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:25:25 +0000

My title here makes a false promise, obviously, on which I can’t deliver. But comments on my earlier post suggest I ought to try to say something on the subject (which may be of interest, I admit, mostly to religiously-oriented academics). And it’s a subject about which I’ve wondered from time to time

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Brother, can you spare a symposium?

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:51:48 +0000

Mormon Studies could be headed for a rough patch, because the career paths that make professional study of Mormon topics at least occasionally possible are disappearing. While the field has had some exciting developments, its recent progress has largely consisted of increasing institutionalization: new programs, newly endowed chairs, new academic conferences, and new graduate students with an interest in Mormon topics. But all of these are exposed to the fallout from economic downturn on university budgets and donor portfolios, and they are particularly threatened by the collapse of academic hiring in relevant fields

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The Fair Sentencing Act: A (Small) Step Towards Making Things Right

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:30:26 +0000

I want to tell you a story. It’s a tale about drugs, prison, race, and justice (or the lack thereof). It starts in the 1980s. During that decade, crime was rampant, and many believed they knew who the culprit was: crack…

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Confession of a Primary Pianist

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:33:33 +0000

When my friend Craig Harline suggested a few months ago that I do some guest blogging on Times and Seasons, I was initially enthusiastic; but on second thought my enthusiasm waned. It became clear to me that I probably wouldn’t have much to contribute to this conversation.

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Times and Seasons Welcomes Steve Smith

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:36 +0000

Times and Seasons is happy to welcome as a guest blogger Steve Smith, who teaches and writes mainly about religious freedom, constitutional law, and jurisprudence. His most recent book is The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse (Harvard University Press, 2010). Steve graduated from BYU in 1976 before studying law at Yale, and he has taught at various law schools including Notre Dame, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan (as a visiting professor), Virginia (as a visitor), and the University of San Diego, where he is currently employed. Steve’s wife Merina also attended BYU, and they have five children. An accomplished musician by most standards (not his), Steve’s biggest ambition, I happen to know, is to quit the rat race and rather than cultivate his garden become a bluegrass banjo player

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‘Hey Obama, Don’t Deport My Momma!’: A Photo Essay

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:38 +0000

A children’s rendition of Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ filled the air of Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. on Wednesday afternoon as U.S.

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World-Renowned Peacemaker Art Gish Dies

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:30:08 +0000

Art and Peggy Gish are career peace, civil rights, and human rights activists who embody the motto of their primary affiliation, Christian Peacemaker Teams: “Getting in the way.” Art died yesterday morning in a tractor accident on the organic farm where…

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Redefining Morality in the Public Sphere

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:51 +0000

This past week more than 10,000 scientists launched the Vienna Declaration , a call for a major change in handling drug crimes and treatment. Noting that the global war on drugs has failed, the group wants governments to use scientific methods to determine policy instead of, as one health professional puts it, “a moralistic approach.” I do see the point when these scientists claim that the war on drugs has failed. If anything, the problem has grown worse

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