{"id":7819,"date":"2009-04-20T00:34:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T05:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=7819"},"modified":"2009-04-20T00:35:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T05:35:43","slug":"notes-from-all-over-to-april-19-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2009\/04\/notes-from-all-over-to-april-19-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from All Over to April 19 &#8211; Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the place to make your comments on our &#8216;Notes from All Over&#8217; for last week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/19\/opinion\/19sun1.html?_r=2\">NY Times calls for Jay Bybee\u2019s impeachment<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>New York Times, 19 April 2009. After the Obama administration released the so-called &#8220;torture&#8221; memos, the New York Times called for Bybee&#8217;s impeachment and the prosecution of the others involved with the memos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705298267\/Bill-Orton-dies-in-accident.html\">Bill Orton dies in accident. By Ben WinslowDeseret News, 19 April 2009. Bill Orton passes away<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The former three-term Democratic congressman from Utah died in an ATV accident in the Little Sahara Sand Dunes in Juab County, Utah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithpromotingrumor.com\/2009\/04\/a-feminist-response-to-valerie-hudson-on-ssm\/\">\u201cHudson\u2019s analysis of the same-sex marriage situation is rooted in a theoretically deficient view of human freedom, especially women\u2019s freedom and equality.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A Feminist Response to Valerie Hudson. By TT, A Faith Promoting Rumor, 17 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/224789\/april-16-2009\/the-colbert-coalition-s-anti-gay-marriage-ad\">Colbert spoofs anti-SSM ad with a sketch including a little dig at LDS Prop 8 funding.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Colbert Nation, 16 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/sports\/basketball\/celtics\/view.bg?articleid=1166220&amp;srvc=home&amp;position=1\">Danny Ainge suffers mild heart attack, doing well<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Danny Ainge suffers heart attack. By Mark Murphy. Boston Herald, Thursday, 17 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.millennialstar.org\/2009\/04\/17\/is-ayn-rands-philosophy-compatible-with-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ\/\">\u201cBut any Latter-day Saint who has sympathy for Rand must also face the fact that her philosophy is, at its most obvious, directly contradictory to the Gospel.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Is Ayn Rand\u2019s philosophy compatible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ? by Geoff B., Millennial Star, April 17th, 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/30266108\/\">Obama to limit embryonic stem cell funding to \u201ccells originally culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>New embryonic stem cell rules limit funding: Scientists seeking government money must use cells from fertility clinics. Associated Press. April 17, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/others\/0-4-282\/A-different-Quest-for-Perfection.html\">The Cougars\u2019 problem? In their \u201cquest for perfection,\u201d they forgot to have fun<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A different &#8216;Quest for Perfection.&#8217; by Graham Watson. ESPN.com April 16, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/faithfootball_flyer_final_lowres.pdf\">Baltimore Stake: Faith and Football<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Stake Flyer and <a href=\"http:\/\/faithfootball.org\">website<\/a>. Football greats LaVell Edwards, Derrick Mason, Lenny Moore, Edwin Mulitalo, Ken Niumatalolo, Burgess Owens, and Andy Reid talk about football and faith at event to be held May 16th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/faith\/ci_12158858\">Kirby: It\u2019s about time LDS Church had an African general authority<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Kirby: It&#8217;s about time LDS Church had an African general authority. By Robert Kirby, Tribune Columnist. 04\/17\/2009. Kirby weighs in on the appointment of Elder Joseph W. Sitati of Nairobi, Kenya, to the First Quorum of Seventy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_12148790\">SL Trib: Africa\u2019s \u2018Mormon superstar\u2019 is first black African LDS general authority<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Spiritual satisfaction: Africa&#8217;s &#8216;Mormon superstar&#8217; is LDS Church&#8217;s first black African general authority. By Peggy Fletcher Stack. The Salt Lake Tribune 04\/17\/2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rsc.byu.edu\/blog\/?p=330\">What are the odds of being born into the Church?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the odds? By Richard Neitzel Holzapfel. RSC Blog, 16 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/broadwayworld.com\/article\/Photo_Flash_Transmorfers_Mormon_Meets_The_Eye_At_The_Off_Broaday_Theater_20090416\">Mormons+Transformers = Awesome<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Photo Flash: Transmorfers: Mormon Meets The Eye At The Off Broaday Theater. BroadwayWorld.com April 16, 2009. The Mormon connection, while mentioned, is anything but clear. The show is about the Transformers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebysteve.net\/?p=875\">\u201cAnd that is why I care about evolution and climate change. . . I see it happen in my work.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Tsetse flies: Why evolution and climate change matter by SteveP. April 15th, 2009. An LDS scientist tells why his work has led him to believe that evolution and climate change are truth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/16\/sunstone-opens-mormon-culture\/\">\u201c\u2018Sunstone is hardly representative of Mormon thought,\u2019 one apostle told me.\u201d <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>DUIN: Sunstone opens Mormon culture. By Julia Duin. Washington Times, April 16, 2009 . A non-Mormon columnist looks briefly at the place of Sunstone in LDS culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gosepldoctrineunderground.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/joseph-smith-and-wealth-redistribution.html\">Joseph Smith and Wealth Redistribution<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Smith and Wealth Redistribution. Gospel Doctrine Underground. April 15, 2009. Argues that the Law of Consecration as taught by Joseph Smith requires &#8220;redistribution of income&#8221; in order to achieve equality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/jerry_johnston\/?id=7286\">There are two kinds of Mormons\u2026<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Under dirt, paradise awaits us. By Jerry Johnston. Apr. 15, 2009. Following an idea from W.H. Auden, Johnston argues that the two types of Mormons are: New Jerusalem Mormons (those looking for the &#8220;industrious beehive&#8221; described by Brigham Young) and Eden Mormons (those looking for paradise).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/1,5143,705297677,00.html\">Motab tops Billboard<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Tabernacle Choir album tops Billboard chart. Deseret News. April 15, 2009. &#8220;Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing: American Folk Hymns and Spirituals,&#8221; took the top spot on Billboard Magazine&#8217;s classic overall music chart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/15\/nyregion\/15marriage.html\">NY State Legislature to vote on Same Sex Marriage<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Governor to Submit Bill Legalizing Gay Marriage. By Jeremy W. Peters. New York Times. April 15, 2009. Paterson&#8217;s bill will pass the New York House, but may have trouble in the New York State Senate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mormonstories.org\/?m=200904\">The (sort of?) return of John Dehlin and Mormon Stories.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequently Asked Questions, Mormon Stories, April 2009. The new FAQ entries give John Dehlin&#8217;s reasons for shutting down Mormon Stories and then brining the archive back. John&#8217;s efforts now involve the website <a href=\"http:\/\/StayLDS.com\">StayLDS.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwani.com\/graphics\/happy_birthday\/images\/15.gif\">Happy Birthday (and tax day) Nathan B. Oman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/squaretwo.org\/Sq2AddlCommentarySherlock.html\">\u201cWhat we understand from our doctrine is that the telos of marriage is to ground every human family in real, lived, embodied gender equality.  And then, as a consequence, all reproduction would occur only within that context of gender equality.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional Commentary on the Sherlock\/Hertzberg\/Hancock Debate, Comments on SquareTwo, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Fall 2008). Comments made April 2009. &#8220;The Men Have Muffed It: How Men&#8217;s Misunderstanding of the Telos of Marriage Imperils Its Future,&#8221; by V. Hudson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k\">From my hometown Antwerp: don\u2019t miss this !<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium), by saihttam1988. Youtube, March 23, 2009. More than 200 dancers were performing there version of &#8220;Do Re Mi&#8221;, in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/04\/13\/romney-leads-anti-efca-ch_n_186268.html\">Romney\u2019s role: Fight Employee Free Choice Act.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Romney Leads Anti-EFCA Charge, Spurs Presidential Discussion by Sam Stein. Huffington Post April 13, 2009. Romney hosted conference call to boost opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act and build credibility with conservatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mormonmission.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/getting-busted-for-cause-missionaries.html\">Should Missionaries Stop Proselyting to Avoid Arrest?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting Busted for the Cause: Missionaries Arrested for Proselyting Is It Legal or Illegal. Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord 13 April 2009. Is getting arrested to be expected for proselyting?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_djgssszshgM\/SXoaaGIyhXI\/AAAAAAAAAx8\/zWEFOL6WKJE\/s1600-h\/hotness.png\">The hottest professors are in languages, law, and religion.  Economists are down the list, but still hotter than computer scientists and chemists.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>A graph. It isn&#8217;t clear where it comes from or what the source of the data is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/volokh.com\/posts\/1239655427.shtml\">Please use your flippers prudently.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Flipper by Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy, 13 April 2009. Define &#8216;flipper&#8217; in the following Salt Lake County law: &#8220;It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm, gun, sparrow gun, flipper or similar contrivance within the limits of the county except in a careful and prudent manner, and in such designated area as the council shall by proclamation appoint.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/04\/13\/david-bucker-faints-passe_n_186385.html\">NYC Stake President Passes Out on Glen Beck Show<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>David Buckner Faints, Passes Out Live On &#8220;Glenn Beck&#8221; (VIDEO) by Danny Shea. Huffington Post. April 14, 2009. David Buckner, professor of organizational leadership at Columbia University and President of the New York New York Stake, passed out live on Glenn Beck\u2019s Fox News show Monday afternoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsroom.lds.org\/ldsnewsroom\/eng\/news-releases-stories\/mormon-apostle-s-easter-message-becomes-top-internet-video\">LDS Easter Video becomes weekend\u2019s top viral video (hat tip: Guy)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Mormon Apostle\u2019s Easter Message Becomes Top Internet Video, LDS Newsroom 13 April 2009. Viral Video Chart lists LDS video as #1 for the week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fish.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/12\/conscience-vs-conscience\/\">Stanley Fish on the conscience clause<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Conscience vs. Conscience. Stanley Fish, Think Again. New York Times April 12, 2009. He mentions Reynolds v. United States as an argument against private conscience for health care providers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/09\/AR2009040904063.html?hpid=topnews\">Faith Groups Increasingly Lose Gay Rights Fights<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Faith Groups Increasingly Lose Gay Rights Fights. By Jacqueline L. Salmon. Washington Post Staff Writer. April 10, 2009; Page A04. Religious groups are increasingly losing court fights when they or their members refuse to provide services to homosexuals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thingsofmysoul.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/faith-doubt-and-enduring-uncertainty.html\">Faith, doubt, and enduring uncertainty.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Faith, Doubt and Enduring Uncertainty. Things of My Soul, 13 April 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefaithfuldissident.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/if-i-werent-mormon.html\">\u201cI\u2019m a practising Mormon Agnostic Theist with Jain envy.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>If I Weren&#8217;t A Mormon&#8230; The Faithful Dissident 11 April 2009. The author imagines what life would be like if he wasn&#8217;t Mormon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/around_church\/worldwide_church\/?id=7251\">The Perpetual Education Fund, success and challenges<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Perpetual Education Fund a success, but with challenges. By Aaron Shill. Mormon Times. Apr. 13, 2009. A presentation at the annual International Society conference April 6th tells how the Perpetual Education Fund has helped 34,250 people around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kolobiv.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/jesus-is-our-temple-recommend.html\">Jesus is my temple recommend.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus is our Temple Recommend. Hieing to Kolob. April 9, 2009. The definition of grace and of works in LDS theology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whataboutmomblog.com\/2009\/04\/09\/darwin-wasnt-a-mother\/\">\u201cI\u2019m glad I don\u2019t have to thin my children. But do I have enough soil for the three I have?\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Darwin wasn\u2019t a mother. What about Mom? 04.09.09. Motherhood and suvival of the fittest. What resources do our children need, and do we have those resources to give them. What do we do if we don&#8217;t?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepapitchinin.org\/2009\/04\/12\/the-women-of-easter\/\">\u201cHow fitting it is that the women of Easter were early on that morning and that they were the glad bearers on that day of the tidings of eternal life, that a woman first beheld the risen Lord before he went unto Emmaus and into Galilee.\u201d<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The Women of Easter by Vesta P. Crawford, Keepapitchinin, 12 April 2009. The role of women in Easter. Originally published in <em>The Relief Society Magazine<\/em>, April 1949, 256.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/12\/travel\/12outback.html?em=&amp;pagewanted=all\">America\u2019s outback<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>America&#8217;s Outback: Southern Utah. By Tony Perrottet. New York Times, April 12, 2009. A travel writer traces the Hole-in-the-Rock road to get into the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, starting from Kanab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the place to make your comments on our &#8216;Notes from All Over&#8217; for last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-news-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7825,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions\/7825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}