Right Leaning

As It Should Be

I am not Catholic, but a Catholic friend forwarded this to me and I really...

How digital learning can save a student’s education

Do you want a plan to give second chances to children who struggle to learn? To...

Knee problems cramp my normal spring style

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Runners In the Springtime OR Spreading Guilt for Fun

I'm seeing more of them. They're all over the place. The weather gets warm and...

Reality check on ‘most trusted person’

The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired...

Covering His....

The USA Today has the latest on the Obama Administrations use of the IRS to...

Don't Know Much About History

Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M....

Massive regulatory costs hamper the current ‘recovery’

This chart is worth a thousand words: The regulatory costs of the first terms...

Guilty!

The jury in the Kermit Gosnell trial came back with a verdict. After a...

Financial Ready Utah Hosts Chris Martenson

Remember hearing about “Financial Ready Utah?” Utah legislators...

Redefining marriage: good for business?

Here’s an anecdote to add to the discussion over redefining marriage. The...

Impending Violence On the Soccer Field

He was a big burly dad that looked forbidding. She was a skinny 14-year-old...

Everything I need to know I learned from being a mother

All of my growing up years, as far back as I can remember, I was fascinated by...

Take a look at the taxman’s tax map: How does Utah compare?

How do Utah’s income tax rates compare to those in neighboring states, or...

Free Market Or Government Monopoly: Fruit Heights Recycling Options

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The Myth of Government-Free Marriage

I’ve seen a trend among my libertarian friends to try and argue that the...

Fail: Market Reality VS Common Core

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Scriptures: Paper or Plastic?

I pulled out my phone as I waited for my wife in the entry hall of the Brigham...

May 8: A big day for Utah in 1895

Wednesday, May 8, 1895, was the last formal day of the Utah Constitutional...

My letter to the Boy Scouts of America

The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired...

The young and the liberal

The 2012 presidential election campaign was framed as a choice between a former...

Why Do Monarchies Still Exist?

I once heard a political observer and historian explain how rapidly social...

Where Our Demons Hide

In 2007, I had the opportunity to visit Africa as part of a three week...

Making Elizabeth Smart Say Something She Never Said

Elizabeth Smart recently delivered a speech at a human trafficking symposium...

Utah showing how digital learning can make public schools more cost-effective

As noted in a recent news story in The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah has begun a move...

Presidential Malfeasance

Last week, in an appearance in Mexico City, President Obama uttered these...

Getting To Know GOP Chair Candidate James Evans

James Evans is a former Salt Lake County Chair and State Senator who along with...

It's Not Just Running Out of Other People's Money; It's the Debauching of Society

I found this NYTimes article about Denmark interesting. Having lived in...

National liberal fiscal insanity, or why Utah needs a spending amendment

As noted on The Weekly Standard blog, the acting director of President...

I am mother. Hear me roar.

(Heads up – this is not a political post unless being a mom is political...

The LDS Church Is Non-Committal Regarding BSA's Proposed Policy Change

Having written a series of posts about potential changes in the Boy Scouts...

Consequences Of Popular Policy

Water is a huge issue out here in the semi arid west.  Going back to the...

Five Years of School Uniforms

After writing my post on our five-year experience with a charter school, I...

He's Not Alone

As closing arguments were made in the Kermit Gosnell trial yesterday, pro-life...

Lessons From Philadelphia

So what lessons can we take from Philadelphia and the trial of abortionist...

Workshop: Women’s Voices-Getting Heard Above the Noise

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Are you an entrepreneur?...

Night of the Plastic Apple

"Dad," my daughter said one night after we finished dinner, "will you help me...

Myth Busting

If anything good can be said to have come out of the whole Kermit Gosnell...

The Blackout

As I indicated in my initial post on the subject yesterday, unless you were...

What 'Ca Gonna Do?

I wonder how are friends in the gun control lobby will try to bury THIS in...

Scout Leaders Becoming Disillusioned

I have discussed with a variety of people the topic of my recent post...

Safe?

The raison d'etre of abortion and abortion rights was safety.  We have to make...

House Of Horrors

This is the first of MANY posts on the Kermit Gosnell trial.  For those of you...

Meet-the-candidates Friday, April 26th

It has been my pleasure to serve the people of Utah county over the last 2...

No Gay Scout Leaders, but Gay Scouts?

In a January post and a February post I discussed the recent attempt made by...

I'm SHOCKED

Only the media and our friends on the left (redundant I know) to find this...

Our Charter School Experience: Five Years On

Five years ago we embarked on a new adventure in our children's education by...

Green Jobs Killer

Well my very busy life has kept me very busy....to busy to blog.  While things...

2013 Gang Of Eight Bill (S.744) – Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss (More UPDATES)

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Turns out, America WAS represented at Lady Thatcher’s funeral after all

In a snub that got noticed on both sides of the pond, President Obama declined...

I Hope They Only Come In Threes

My wife and I were recently on our way to the temple. We had known that the...

The Drug Addict Next Door

They were a nice young couple with small children. I was called to serve as...

Raising Taxes is the Wrong Approach

The following is an op-ed I wrote, published in today’s...

When a Missionary Returns Early

I was impressed as I watched as our 21-year-old son take copious notes of...

Illegal Immigrant ID Theft And The FTC

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Children of the Collective: The State’s Attack on Individuality

An independent thinker is an incredible threat to the state. For this reason,...

Turning Point: Did The LDS Church Lose Its Youth On Gay Marriage With KSL?

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Cursive, Anyone?

The only time I use cursive writing anymore is when I sign my name. In fact, I...

The passing of a legend: RIP Margaret Thatcher

I awoke this morning to news of the death of former British Prime Minister,...

Double Standard Or No Standard: Salt Lake Dream Team And Amnesty Proponents

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Mormons and the Law of Consecration, part 4 (conclusion)

In this series I have been discussing why early Mormon Utopian economic...

Running for GOP state central committee

Hey friends – I have a quick announcement to make! I am running again to...

Mormons and the Law of Consecration, Part 3

I admitted in the first two parts of this series that I had problems with the...

Utah’s Clean Air Dupe: Endless Tax Increases, CNG Monopoly, And UTA’s Stealth Bailout

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LDS Church’s Monty Python Illegal Immigration Position

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I Believe the Resurrection is Real

I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe that we knew him in pre-mortal life, where...

Mormons and the Law of Consecration, part 2

In my previous post in this series I outlined some of the 19th Century efforts...

What Internet Taxes and Gay Marriage Have in Common—And Why Both Are a Bad Idea

One of the many troubling bills proposed in the Utah legislature this past...

Responses to Gay Marriage Arguments

Many people support gay marriage as policy, even though they don’t...

Mormons and the Law of Consecration, part 1

Christians have long been enamored of descriptions in the biblical Book of Acts...