Here’s a typical piece about Miller from the NY Times, describing his commentary on Phil Mickelson’s disastrous finish at the 2006 U.S. Open–”the Simon Cowell of golf criticism” indeed!

On the other hand, maybe she should give Johnny some counsel on the heat of the comments that come out of his mouth when he’s on TV during golf tournaments. Isn’t there something in holy writ, vaguely recalled in my old age, about things (even really hot things) that come out of a man being more dangerous to the soul than things that go in?

One sister said that Sister Miller explained to them that scalding drinks burned the little hairs in the throat which left the body less resistant to disease, and that is why the WOW should be observed in this stringent fashion. ‘There is scientific proof behind it’, she said. Or maybe that’s one of those things we don’t talk about…..

To amplify Ardis’ response on Joseph Smith and geography, I’m surprised the FARMS brochure didn’t include the reference from “Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith” (p. 267) which includes this phrase “and that Lehi went down by the Red Sea to the great Southern Ocean, and crossed over to this land, and landed a little south of the Isthmus of Darien [Panama]…” OTOH, he also claimed that Zion’s Camp marched across “the plains of the Nephites” and even gave the history of one Zelph to skeleton they found. In short, Joseph Smith can be used to back just about any pet geography theory you have.

I’ve read the Valparaiso bit a lot in late 19th and early 20th century writings. It had to have been almost universally taught then. This chapter from an old FARMS publication explains where that idea came from and how it came to be linked to Joseph Smith.