Running from Heaven

Physical books will become an afterthought. I don’t know when the tipping point will occur, but I believe it will happen in the next few years. You can’t create a media rich experience like the SI Tablet is capable of delivering without thinking about content in an entirely different way. Some people will always want printed books, just as some people enjoy candles today. But we will eventually think of these as “souvenirs” (to quote Tim O’Reilly) or decorative artifacts for our home or office. Most people will consume content digitally.

The girl in the assault case, now 21, was previously in a spiritual marriage with Jessop’s brother before being “reassigned” to Jessop when she was 15, according to documents seized at the ranch. She became pregnant at age 16.

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In December, another church elder, Yedidiyah Hawkins, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child. He had been accused of performing a vaginal examination of his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

The son of one of the most powerful families within a polygamist Mormon sect goes to trial for sexual assault Monday, a case in which Texas prosecutors will provide their first public evidence that Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints men engaged in sex with underage girls.

The president of the ACLU recently said that they support “the freedom of choice for mature, consenting individuals,” and that polygamy is one of the “fundamental rights” they will defend.