And that producer is none other than Tom Hanks. Here’s Hanks, as quoted by Fox News: The truth is this [show] takes place in Utah, the truth is these people are some bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church, and the truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to…

Jeff at Mormanity happens to be visiting New Jersey, only miles from where a heroic pilot brought a crippled airliner safely down into the Hudson River. He posted comments about the event: Avoiding bridges, buildings, cables, and boats, [the pilot] managed a safe landing under difficult circumstances. It was a hard landing, but a remarkably…

At the Lynn v. Sekulow blog, “Anti-Mormon Sentiment At Focus on the Family?” The Rev. Barry Lynn takes the Focus on the Family site to task for marginalizing a posted interview with Glenn Beck once its readers realized that Beck was (sit down for this one) … Mormon! I suppose in an Evangelical utopia Mormons…

From the NY Times, “At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard.” Increasingly, profs found the large-lecture approach was failing — even in classes with bright and engaged students. The article details the transition at MIT to an approach featuring smaller classes and a more interactive teaching style, including those click response units…

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