This morning I had to drive to work instead of taking the bus. On my way to work (approx. 25 miles) I saw four car accidents. Three of them involved more than two cars. The kicker is that all four were within three miles of each other. This got me thinking about a conversation I [...]

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…all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and call things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator. (Alma 30:44) And worlds without number have I created; and [...]

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Scenario 1: You’re in Gospel Doctrine class. The teacher asks for a volunteer to say the closing prayer. Scenario 2: After Elders Quorum, the person conducting asks for people to stay after and fold up chairs. Your meeting after church was cancelled, but you’d really like to go home and eat. Scenario 3: Four people [...]

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Nicragua has become the the third country in Latin American (in addition to El Salvador and Chile) to ban all abortions without exception. In the U.S., approximately 47 million abortions have taken place since Roe v. Wade. The Family: A Proclamation to the World declares: Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, [...]

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A few years ago President Hinckley said that women should only wear one pair of earrings. Many women have disregarded this statement. Some, I assume, have chalked it up to the opinion of an old man, “out of touch” with the latest fashion trends of society. Others think it to be a trivial issue that [...]

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Movies are a highly popular form of entertainment and a very lucrative industry. Members of the LDS Church have a standard against which they judge a movie to determine if it is okay to watch. What is that standard? Some members will tersely reply that we cannot watch rated R movies. This is a widely [...]

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This is disturbing: (CNN) — Most Americans do not believe the Bush administration has gone too far in restricting civil liberties as part of the war on terror, a new CNN poll released Thursday suggests. While 39 percent of the 1,013 poll respondents said the Bush administration has gone too far, 34 percent said they [...]

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CNSNews.com is reporting that a “lost Jewish tribe” in India is soon to return to Israel. More than 200 members of a “lost” Jewish tribe are set to immigrate to Israel next month from northeastern India in what some here say is nothing less than a miracle of biblical proportions. “This is a project of [...]

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In the latest attempt to sway the American public, celebrities are again coming out of the woodwork in commercials in support of or against a certain topic. The topic du jour? Stem Cell research. In this corner, weighing in at who knows how many pounds, we have Michael J. Fox:

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KUTV reports that the State of Utah has introduced a new iteration of the official driver’s license. Officials from the state’s Driver License Division announced the new look and added security features today. The division says the new temporary permits are already in circulation but the new cards could take until November first before they’re [...]

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Do you have some misbehaving children, and $1,200 to burn per day? Then parenting coaching is for you! The JBS raises an interesting point, regarding the included video: Their home is huge and luxurious. The mother is fashionably gaunt, with chiseled features suggestive of cosmetic surgery; she also very obviously spends a lot of time [...]

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A couple months ago I saw Aaron Russo’s documentary “Freedom to Fascism”. I took notes and looked up the more interesting quotes when I got home and posted them here. They’ve now made the movie available on Google Video, here. Watch it. You’ll be glad you did. [voice of Men's Warehouse dude] “I guarantee it”. [...]

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