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In the vernacular employed by both secularists and religionists alike during this season, “good will toward all men” should reign supreme, perhaps most especially by those of us who claim to carry on us the name of Jesus whose life, teachings, mission, and sacrifice we are in the midst of celebrating. ———- It seems [...] Why is it illegal to practice polygamy, but legal to have a wife and mistress and to father children with several women at once? I am absolutely not a polygamist, neither by ideology nor by practice. Nor do I have any mistresses. I am a blissfully happily married man blessed with one sublimely lovely [...] My first experience with Spideroak Support was very positive. Recall that I recently wrote about organizing your files and what I do to back them up. (Yes, you should be backing them up. By now, folks, that’s a total “duh,” so man up and start really backing up for your files!) Anyway, Spideroak starts [...] I listened to the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) last weekend. I enjoyed the conference. During the conference, Elder Boyd K. Packer discussed some of the challenges of gay members of the church. He offered hope, support, and love. He counseled all members of the church [...] There really is nothing quite like the sensation felt when someone whom you love and respect takes a swipe at your core beliefs. [...] I’m not an Apple fan. I’ve not been an Apple enemy, but also not a fan. I know some real Apple fans. They’re great technical and business guys. The differences between me and them: Hardware aesthetics don’t impress me much. I don’t say that being impressed by them is a negative, it just doesn’t [...] It’s one of the little pleasures of life that happens too infrequently in our busy lives. It’s the random contact. Once upon a time, it was the phone call that you answered from a wrong number and you ended up talking for a little while with a friendly stranger. Today, it was [...] I was very pleased to read today’s article in the Deseret News, “The Catholic perspective on film.” I was unaware of this long-standing service from the Catholic News Service (CNS). According to the article, “Today, the Media Reviewing Office of Catholic News Service provides weekly reviews of new releases, an archived database of thousands [...] The day that I dismissed the Tea Party movement-eers, I hardly knew what the Tea Party movement was. It was the day that I realized that members of my own extended family had actually kept kids home from school so that they wouldn’t be subjected to a 30-minute motivational speech from the President of [...] I oppose the Canyons District Bond Proposition that will be on Tuesday’s ballot in my area. Please click here to see my summary of the proposed bond. Here are my reasons. I question the funding model. I understand that bonding is the preferred funding method for the district, and that the district has done well [...] |
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