Utah! Where seldom gets heard – a discouraging word

A brief editorial on proposed same sex legislation in Hawaii

The Salt Lake Tribune, MSNBC, JournalTimes, Deseret News … THE HEADLINES ALL READ: Hawaii positioned to pass same-sex civil unions . Alright! Here it comes. Hawaii – poised to pass same sex civil union legislation, following the mid term elections. For the LDS faithful in both Utah and Hawaii, I would only counsel you not to look upon it…

An ode to Sarah Palin

As the elections approach, let us carefully consider. ( First published in 2 Bites of the Apple, 2009 ) Ode to Sarah Palin Man once believed that the earth was quite flat And it didn’t take god or the angels to know that And that man, a creature of dust, never even existed ’til by god’s own…

Naughty business in Utah will be taxing for some

(from Oct 12, 2010) . It sounds like the State of Utah has decided that if you can’t beat ’em, you might as well at least join ’em in making a sizable chunk of money off of adult oriented business enterprises. . In any event, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), won’t be stopping…

LDS Church and Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church share same anti-gay fervor

(from Oct 7, 2010) It seems whenever we have the specter of Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church, picketing a military funeral, or Boyd K. Packer, president of the LDS church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles’, tumultuous headlines in the news, someone invariably points to the track record of cruel injustices historically perpetrated by various sects of the…

Cognitive Evolution Laboratory study could shed light on Mormon morality

(from Sept 30, 2010) . Following the Harriman Machine Gun Fire, the largely Mormon population of those affected by the fire were counseled by their church leaders against filing excessively inflated, or otherwise bogus claims, against the National Guard. Apparently sparked by reports of claimant opportunists, unconflicted by any apparent moral dilemma in going after…

Sex – The Lie That’s Too Big To Be True – coming soon to a school near you?

(from September 21, 2010) Here, in the ‘land ‘o just stuff a little more cotton in the’r ears,‘ sex education is pretty much watched over, and limited to a young adult version of The stork and the cabbage patch – and that with signed parental permission slips. That’s because, watched over by some Bald Eagle…

H1N1 flu vaccine denialists may be taking a high toll on unprotected children

(from September 20, 2010) The Salt Lake Tribune published an excellent article by Heather May earlier today. It’s about findings released by the Primary Children’s Medical Center, on a study done in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control, and pointing to the critical importance of immunizing children against the H1N1 flu virus. Last year,…

Those Utah Highway Patrol memorial crosses . . . aren’t dead yet

(from Sept 17, 2010) Officials from the Utah Highway Patrol, along with those of two other state departments, are asking this time, that the entire 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturn the Aug. 18 decision by three of its judges, that says the roadside crosses memorializing fallen troopers must come down. In 2005,…