Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics
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photo credit: IvanoMak During Sacrament meeting today, the following question popped into my mind as I was pondering inspiration: Can parents receive inspiration for their adult children? We know that parents are entitled to inspiration and revelation on behalf of their children. But when does that entitlement end? When, if ever, are they no longer [...]
photo credit: Flavs Paradise Perhaps the most divisive political topic in Utah over the past few months has been the issue of state-sponsored educational vouchers. Lawmakers, organizations, reporters, and bloggers have all been sounding off in an attempt to sway voters to their side. In the commotion, facts have been glossed over, propaganda has been [...]
After reading and blogging about the book Financial Armageddon by David Draughon, I received an email from a gentleman named Michael Panzner, who is the author of a book by the same name. Mr. Panzner graciously sent me a copy which I finished this morning. One might wonder what differences two books with the same [...]
I came across the following post on Democratic Underground, where one user relates his experience with a research organization conducting a (no doubt “scientific”) poll: My New Hampshire phone rings (caller ID 000-000-0000 WTF?) and I pick it up out of curiosity. “This is (talking like a magpie so I haven’t got a clue what [...]
photo credit: wackocatho Are you a conservative or a liberal? Do you classify yourself with these (or similar) epithets? What is the difference between conservatives and liberals? Noah Webster, a brilliant Founding Father, master of twenty-six languages, and author of the first American dictionary (published in 1828) once said when referring to the Bible: “In [...]
photo credit: Still Burning Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) proposed Amendment 2022 to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which would “restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.” The vote (56 Yea, 43 Nay, 1 not voting) fell just short of the three-fifths required for a passing vote. And so, [...]
President Bush has nominated a former federal judge to replace Alberto Gonzales. Judge Michael Mukasey, likely to be confirmed by the Senate, will be Bush’s new pointman in the legal arena. According to this CNN article, President Bush said that Mukasey “knows what it takes to fight this war [on terror] effectively”. Just how has [...]
photo credit: peace chicken Like many others, I have questions about 9/11. Readers of this blog may correctly know me to be one who enjoys asking questions. Evidence of this is found in just the last post I wrote. The events surrounding the attack and collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, [...]
photo credit: geoftheref Far too often do I hear the argument that our military must remain in Iraq “until we’ve won”. The most recent example occurred last night, with presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee claiming that we “broke Iraq” and have to “fix it”. Those who hold this belief feel that we must “stay the course” [...]
photo credit: Brian Ray The Declaration of Independence begins thusly: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and [...]
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