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Welcome to the blog of Connor Boyack, a 20-something husband, web designer, Latter-day Saint, constitutionalist, paleocon, classical liberal, preparedness practitioner, budding philanthropist, and master's student of political economy. I'm from Poway, CA but live in Happy Valley.


Archive for April, 2008

Group Justice

Posted by Connor on April 29th, 2008

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The recent events occurring in Texas in relation to the FLDS community have spawned a number of arguments—some sound, some horribly ignorant. Indeed, it seems that the prosecution (or persecution) of this religious community has caused […]

For the Strength of Youth—Family

Posted by Connor on April 27th, 2008

I gave the following talk in another ward today:

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The Pattern of Family
In a masterful discourse given at a CES fireside one year ago, Elder Bednar spoke of the various ways we can drink of the living waters we find in the scriptures. He noted three ways we can more fully […]

FLDS Petition Conclusion

Posted by Connor on April 24th, 2008

Note: Any responses received will be posted at the bottom of this post.
As of this morning I have closed the FLDS petition. This was necessary so that I could email the 2,000+ people who signed and encourage them to follow up and contact their representatives. The website I used will not allow me […]

FLDS Petition Results

Posted by Connor on April 20th, 2008

Note: updates are at the end of the post.
Today has been an interesting day, full of interviews with various media outlets. Having reached 1,000 signatures in the petition I organized, I issued a press release to various journalists and media outlets.
The text of the press release was as follows:

CotM: Kiva

Posted by Connor on April 18th, 2008

Once a month, I’ll be highlighting a different “Charity of the Month” to help spread the word and encourage charitable giving on a regular basis. If you have suggestions for charities I can share, please contact me!
I want to start off the series by highlighting Kiva, a microfinance organization that is quite popular. […]

Fascism for the FLDS

Posted by Connor on April 14th, 2008

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A week ago, Texas “authorities”, apparently longing to exercise their dormant muscle power after 15 years of atrophy, conducted a “raid” on the FLDS “compound”.
As I watch the shoddy journalism taking place in the coverage of these events, I wonder to myself why people aren’t up in arms over this display […]

The Last Six Steps

Posted by Connor on April 11th, 2008

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Glenn Beck wrote a column this week highlighting six steps that would help America solve its problems. He decided to stop short of giving the full 12 in his proposed 12-step program, claiming that “Americans are way too lazy to stick around for all 12″.
I’ll pick up the baton and fill in […]

In Opposition to Evil

Posted by Connor on April 6th, 2008

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In the First Presidency message for the September 2004 Ensign, President Hinckley wrote of the evil that exists in our world:
The flood of pornographic filth, the inordinate emphasis on sex and violence are not peculiar to North America. The situation is as bad in Europe and in many other areas. The […]

The Right to Fail

Posted by Connor on April 2nd, 2008

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Implicit in the concept of a free market is the ability to both succeed and fail. This duality of outcomes forces the entrepreneur to labor, knowing that if in the long term he is unsuccessful, his venture will fail and he will necessarily suffer the consequences.
James E. Faust commented on the success/failure […]

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