Happy birthday, Mormon Jesus!
You may not be aware of it, but today is the day that many Mormons believe to be Jesus Christ&...
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My interview on WIRED.com's "Geek's Guide to the Galaxy" podcast
Though it doesn't officially come out until tomorrow, my interview with the Geek's Guide to the...
The Book of Mormon: Joseph Smith's first novel
This essay is excerpted from The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary, available everywhere November 10, 2015. WARNING: This...
Joseph Smith's "capital" idea
As I was working through the very final set of revisions on The Accidental Terrorist, I had to hunt down the original source of a well-known Joseph Smith quote on the topic of the accuracy of...
Happy 200th anniversary of the London Beer Flood!
Today is the 200th anniversary of the London Beer Flood. I'd tell you all about, but Kyle Thiessen explains it far better than I ever could (and the Boston Molasses Flood too) in his...
The different streams, crooked or straight, all run together
I never enjoy writing a blog post for September 11th, but also don't like letting the day pass with saying anything. Happily, our social calendar last night handed me the perfect topic to share...