Month: December 2008
The Worst Hyperinflation in History
Dr. Thayer Watkins, an economist, has a sobering article, “The Worst Episode of Hyperinflation in History: Yugoslavia 1993-94.” The criminal leaders and central bankers of that nation began printing up…
That Ancient Semitic Voice of the Book of Mormon: More Thoughts on the Recent Questionable Word Print Study
In further pondering recent post on a word print study alleging confirming the bogus Spalding/Rigdon theory for Book of Mormon authorship, I am also rather puzzled about the treatment of…
Christmas and Immigrants
While receiving a cherished Christmas missionary phone call from my son in Taiwan yesterday, a Hmong woman and her daughter showed up at our house with hot egg rolls –…
That New Book of Mormon Wordprint Study: The Criddle Riddle – or Rigged for Rigdon?
A new wordprint study on the Book of Mormon breathes new life to a long-challenged theory for Book of Mormon authorship, the theory that its real author was Solomon Spalding…
The Orange Car: A Story about Tithing, the Thing You Pay with Faith
One of the most surprising things about the LDS experience is how common it is for members to experience the hand of the Lord in their lives when they muster…
Greetings from Appleton, Wisconsin
Today I offer a lighthearted greeting from all of us out here in Zion, a.k.a. Appleton, Wisconsin. Such a fine place to live! One of the best places to raise…
The Tragedy of Lost Records – Especially Mesoamerican Books
(Click to enlarge) In these photographs that I took in Mexico City’s amazing National Museum of Anthropology, we see something exceedingly rare which was one very common — written books…
Fed Calls Upon Counterfeiters for Help
The Federal Reserve Bank and the US Department of the Treasury jointly issued an emergency appeal today to counterfeiters across America to help in the Herculean task of creating more…
Why Do Companies Fear Christmas? My Observations at the CVS Pharmacy Photo Department
Tonight I dropped into CVS Pharmacy to get a family photo made into some Christmas cards. I plugged my USB jump drive into their machine and looked at the choices…
Touched by the Christian Example of a South Korean Immigrant
Dong Yun Yoon is the Christian immigrant from South Korea whose wife, children, and mother-in-law were killed by a fighter jet that crashed into his home after the pilot bailed…
