Trying to explain to people why I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a hard thing for me. The appeal initially had most to do with the Word of Wisdom, or abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, but it was more than that. I found a great deal of wisdom in the […]
I wanted to share some thoughts on the death of George Floyd. As a defense attorney, I deal with a lot of people who have been arrested. Likewise, I read a lot of police reports and look at a lot of video, of arrests as well as other aspects of criminal cases. I know and […]
Pondering Nietzsche’s Madman, running from place to place yelling “God is dead, and we have killed him!” The Madman exclaims, “What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives.” Soon, though, the Madman falls silent, realizing that the death of God had “not yet […]
I was born in January of 1965. At the time my Dad was the command pilot of a nuclear armed B-52 Bomber stationed at Loring Air Force Base in the northern tip of Maine. The Cuban Missile Crisis had ended a little over two years before. The Gulf of Tomkin Resolution allowing President Johnson broad […]
About 20 years ago I bought a new circular saw. I don’t remember all my options but I defeinietly could buy a Makita saw made in Japan, a Bosch saw made in Germany, and a number of brands made in the United States. I went back this year to my local big box retailer and […]
From the moment that the Chinese Communist Party took power in 1949 to today, the track of the country has followed closely with that of the Soviet Union. From the famines during War Communism and in the Ukraine in the Soviet Union to the famines in China during the Great Leap Forward. From the purges […]
We often either unnecessarily rip apart famous people like jealous little wannabes or like obedient, simple-minded sycophants lavish undue praise on them. Although no one is a perfect example, Lebron James is one of those famous people who receives both extremes. Lebron is, in my opinion, someone who has his faults and failings, but he […]
History has a way of repeating itself. Not in all the details certainly, but common themes recur over and over. Western journalists reporting from Marxist dictatorships being blind to their gatekeepers crimes is certainly nothing new. Someone should create a prize named after Walter Duranty of The New York Times. Certainly would be a lot […]
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 Why do so many multinational corporations seem so eager and willing to do business with the Chinese Communist Party ruling China? Is it […]
Much has been written about the difficult racial history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Only in June of 1978, in an Official Declaration, did the Church declare that “all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.” This difficult racial history […]