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As I have mentioned in the past, it’s a bit ironic that so many of the white cross arguments involve Utah. By “white cross” arguments, I mean the desire on the part of secularists to do away with the tradition… Continue Reading →

The Wife and I had a dinner party for two other married couples and a single friend over the weekend. But I did not have to miss substantial amounts of time, and found preparation significantly well relaxed, because of good… Continue Reading →

North Dakota has the most. Followed by Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, South Carolina, Montana, Vermont, Michigan, Maine, Kansas, New Hampshire, Florida, Indiana, Idaho, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Arizona.

Russell Saunders’s comment on a recent post of my knocked loose a box containing something I wanted to post about. Back when I was in Deseret, the vast majority of my coworkers were somewhere to the right of center. It’s… Continue Reading →

It’s late 2001, I’m on my second date with Jane Grummett. It was a very promising meeting and start, but something seems a little bit off. On paper, though, she is the perfect girlfriend. Maybe more, at some point down… Continue Reading →

Today, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an injunction against Oklahoma’s anti-Sharia law. I guest-blogged about this issue more than a year ago on the front page, even before I was anointed a sub-Ordinary Gentleman, and followed up on it later,… Continue Reading →

I was leaving Mormonland when Huntsman was getting his bearings as governor of Utah, so truth be told I did not really formulate much of an opinion of him. I did see later that he was working on trying to… Continue Reading →

Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia, Wyoming, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, South Dakota, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Alaska, New York, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, Nebraska, West Virginia,… Continue Reading →

In a conversation about obesity and body chemicals, James Hanley observes: Guilty as charged. Yep, I’m that reductionist. That doesn’t mean every problem we face needs a pharmaceutical solution, since lifestyle changes can also affect the proportions of particular chemicals… Continue Reading →

Jakadrian Turner was 14 years old in November of 2010 when, despondent over her parents’ divorce and the recent death of her grandfather, she ran away from her home in Dallas, Texas. Somehow, she made her way to Houston, where… Continue Reading →