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Magic Clowns and Sock Puppets

Imagine that I told you I believe in Jesus. You might approve and say my...

Talking Points

In New Think there is a poisonous belief that one can create a new reality...

The Root of All Evil

We've been indoctrinated to hate profit. Profit simply means that one gets...

The Moral Imperative of Profit

We are trained in our left leaning schools to hate profit. I know many people...

Utah.gov 2013

We published the new Utah.gov portal last night and it looks like this:Probably...

Getting Ready for a Utah.gov Upgrade

In a few days, we will be introducing some new features on the state's digital...

Using Fusion Tables to Share Public Data

Google Fusion Tables is a great way to share public data.Here's a table with...

Mountain West Digital Library Anchors the National Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) went live last week with much...

Appreciation of the Arts

The left is obsessed with money. If public art spending is not increasing at a...

Is Art in a Recession?

I routinely look at art sharing sites like ArtWanted, Yessy and even the...

Radicalization of Religion

It is true that the US Founders were religious. But, they had a different...

Are These Things Really Equal?

Way back in the 1980s I was a proponent of "gay marriage." Interestingly, my...

Painfully Slow

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING PAINFULLY SLOW. I feel like I am in an alternate...

Attributing Stock Photography

Microstock Photography is a fun way to enhance a blog post. A stock photo is a...

Zion Curtains

I like enhancing web site posts with stock images. Today's post is about the...

Tea Party v. Groomed GOP

Yes, some of the Tea Party candidates were silly and were unelectable. Need I...

The Engine of Growth

Progressives believe with all of their heart that government is the engine of...

Karl Rove

I was stunned. I watched a bit of Chris Wallace's news show in which Karl Rove...

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Email to Sen. Urquhart -- Utah Reports Traffic Citations on the Criminal Database

Dear Steve U (my favorite legislator),I can't find your blog anymore, and...

Regulating Guns Through Insurance

Democrats in California (Mercury News) hope to regulate guns through insurance....

Guns and Statists

Politics makes strange bedfellows. Parties routinely swap positions on issues....

Snow Shoveling

Granny shoveling the snow. We thought about getting a snow blower, but figure...

Health Care Could be the Winning Issue

Obama is successfully using the gun issue to create division and diversion....

The Gun Debate as Division and Diversion

Has anyone else noticed that the Obama gun debate is making the gun...

Digging Bunkers

An Alabama man spends years digging a doomsday bunker. When things go south in...

On the Conservative Methodology

The Founding of the United States brought to fruition many beautiful ideas...

Fundamentalism in Utah

I live in Utah. For the last five years I've had a single goal. of either...

Why Does a Gun Owner Need More Than One Round of Ammo?

Isn't it funny. Whenever the Left attacks the rights of the American people,...

Is There A Spending Problem?

From antiquity to American Revolution, the economy was structured in a top-down...

On Gun Control

While I think we should consider limits on the kinds of weapons and ammunition...

Best of Digital Government in Utah 2012

Another year draws to a close and this blog is now over 10 years old. As you...

Analyzing Mobile Visitors to Utah.gov

ZTE ChorusIn the past 30 days, the Utah.gov portal...

The Efficiency of E-Government

We have always known that digital government saves money.  It also allows...

Thinking of New Online Services

Interactive digital government is falling behind.  Even though it seems...

The Phenomenal Success of Jobs.Utah.gov

In reviewing the metrics for the Utah.gov domain for 2011, not many things...

Utah.gov 2012: Built on Data

Today, we introduce a major change to the state of Utah portal, Utah.gov....

More on the Internet of Things and Government

You may not know this, but April 9th is Global Internet of Things Day.In...

United Nations E-Government Survey 2012

I downloaded the 2012 UEN eGovernment Report to iBooks while in the elevator on...

Rhode Island Demanding Federal Land in the West

Breaking News! The Rhode Island State Legislature is demanding more...

Sex Education in Utah

While the Utah State Legislature is trying to stop sex education in schools, I...

"Keep America Beautiful -- Burn a Billboard!"

Billboards are nothing more than trash on a really large pole. Salt Lake City...

Setting the Agenda for 2012 and Beyond

I'm looking at the Federal agenda for 2012 as set out a few weeks ago by...

Best of Digital Government in Utah 2011

It's time to move on to 2012 and it's now been ten years since I started...

Connecting the Data Dots

In our latest Utah Architecture Review Board meeting, we recommended moving...

Another Great Mobile App

A couple of years ago, the Utah Department of Transportation created a new...

Working Toward CloudPlan 2.0

It's been two years now since we created Utah's first cloud computing strategy...

2012 -- Flat Tax Proposals

The GOP presidential hopefuls are in the thick of taking up conservative causes...

Huntsman: Even the Rich Should Sacrifice.

The ever scrappy son of Utah's richest man Jon M Huntsman Jr. says if he is...

Of Lucky Ducks

Many of the GOP presidential wannabes are going at a new approach to raising...

It's been a while......

I have been wanting to come and write for some time, but caring for two...

SCR & QR Codes

QR Codes are a great technology with lots of potential uses. I love being able...

Road Map for the Digital City

On May 31st, New York City's Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Sterne sent me a...

Immerse Yourself in Utah.gov 2011

Utah.gov 2011It's been two years since the state of Utah did a major upgrade to...

The best and worst states at providing broadband

"The best and worst states at providing broadband" was a recent headline in...

Project Prologue Documents Early Years of Egovernment in Utah

In 1993, Governor Mike Leavitt, in his Information Highway speech, issued a...

The Shuttering of America.gov

Many different voices on Twitter have been praising the State Department for...

Community Broadband Networks

An interesting article in Government Technology magazine refers to a new...

2011 Legislative Session (Week 6 Udpate)

Well, the week six may be redundant for all of you who are actively following...

2011 Legislative Session (Week 5 Udpate)

Week 5 UpdateUtah League of Cities and TownsWhile week five was fairly...

2011 Session -- Week Four

Week 4 Update2011 Utah Legislative SessionWeek 4 proved to be a great week for...

2011 Session -- Week Three

Alcohol:With Valentine’s Day upon us, it was only appropriate that Sen....

2011 Session -- Week Two

Well, it proved to be a fairly slow week in committee and on the floor during...

2011 Session -- Week One

ULCT Week One Legislative Highlights and Recap (2011) It...

Rep. Menlove's Proposal -- Message Bill?

Rep Menlove of Garland wants Medicaid recipients to perform community service...

Administrative Control of Utah.gov

Recently, a hacker posted to his website that he will sell administrative...

Tax Money Going to Fund Not Radio, But NPR Executives

From Greg Easterbrook:Defenders of NPR have noted the Washington main...

Chris Nolan or: Why I now arrange my DVDs by director

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The #1 Reason Why Women Have Sex…

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