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Big Love producer sounds off on Prop 8
By
Dave Banack
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…
Not one soul lost
By
Dave Banack
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…
Anti-Mormon sentiment?
By
Dave Banack
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…
Big lectures are dying
By
Dave Banack
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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