My cousin just told me that that I look like Benji from the TV show So You Think You Can Dance. Apparently, Benji is also LDS. Do we really look that much alike? Are we long lost twins?

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I have always been intrigued by the scriptural call to become “as a little child”. As is the case with any symbolic scriptural passage, I think this can be interpreted in numerous ways, some more applicable to each of us than the others. Jesus counseled us: Therefore, whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a [...]

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Gattaca, an excellent science-fiction movie, may soon be categorized as science-fact. Elizabeth Schiltz describes a procedure called PGH (preimplantation genetic haplotyping) in Business Week: The DNA is extracted from the individual cell, replicated to create a big enough sample to work with, and then analyzed for chromosomal abnormalities. About 200 different genetic conditions can be [...]

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Well, it’s official. The folks at Blogger of Jared have welcomed me with open arms to be a guest blogger. I’m excited! And in honor of my bachelor status, they’ve spawned a subsidiary operation: Blogger of Cupid. Perhaps blogging will lead to my eternal exaltation after all?

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon by flying a large donation of essential supplies and hygiene kits to the Middle East to aid the displaced and wounded citizens caught in the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. I’m grateful for a church that has such a wide-reaching humanitarian aid program. I’m [...]

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If you ever receive FEMA aid, plan to rescind several key liberties granted by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. From World Net Daily: Federal officials are preventing Hurricane Katrina victims in government trailer parks from being interviewed by the media unless a FEMA agent is present at all times. Many victims of Hurricane Katrina [...]

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The U.S. Senate just passed a bill to ban the confiscation of citizens’ guns during a declared emergency. Why, pray tell, is this even being considered in our legislature?

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I like descriptive words. I like consulting the dictionary and thesaurus on a frequent basis to use and learn new words. Here are a few of the recent ones I’ve attempted to integrate into my vernacular (definitions from the Oxford Dictionary): neologism: a newly coined word or expression innocuous: not harmful or offensive hubris: excessive [...]

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There’s a war going on between the U.S. and Mexico on our own borders. Why aren’t we fighting back? From World Net Daily: Several Hidalgo County deputies and at least four Border patrol agents were met with a sustained hail of gunfire alternating from the south to the east and lasting nearly 10 minutes, the [...]

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In yet another attempt to show that he knows what’s best, Uncle Sam is now giving medical orders. 16-year-old Abraham Cherrix, of Chincoteague, Va., suffers from Hodgkin’s Disease. He doesn’t want to pursue chemo treatments, and with the support of his parents is pursuing alternative medicines. But a social worker has intervened, with the help [...]

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From KSL: Mayor Rocky Anderson is signing his name to an advertisement supporting same-sex marriage. Three major gay-rights groups are taking out full-page newspaper ads in 50 papers nationwide to show they’re still fighting for same-sex rights despite recent court setbacks. The ads include pictures of five couples who have been together for as long [...]

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Principles of Liberty The 28 Great Ideas That Are Changing the World By W. Cleon Skousen The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law. A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and [...]

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