Politics Elevated

There are some pretty wacky things in the Bible. That’s why I’m glad that my Church teaches that “we believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly.”

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Bob Henline is promoting Electoral Equality at Non-Partisan. The sentiment is admirable, but there are a couple of things that need to be cleared up before anyone jumps on the bandwagon here. Let’s look at his description of what he is promoting:
For those of you unfamiliar with it, National Popular Vote is an [...]

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For decades, politicians on both sides of the aisle have lampooned each others’ policies and programs while guarding their own as irreproachable. Democrats have steadily promoted the welfare state, while Republicans are most noted for their advancing of the warfare state. The truth is that each side loves both, but when a member [...]

It is very likely that one’s religious perspective of heaven contributes quite substantially to the exercise of their politics on earth. It seems to me that Conservatives, who are more generally focused on earning the rewards of the next life, are not as tuned into the importance of taking care of the here and [...]

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When I responded to Obama’s Health Care Speech I said the following about the potential inclusion of an individual mandate in whatever health care overhaul bill is eventually debated in Congress:
In a nod to the necessity of compromise and political expediency (I do have a pragmatic bone in my body – somewhere) [...]

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Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart have been focusing the nation’s attention in recent days on ACORN, and rightly so. This organization has been riddled with corruption and controversy for some time, and the recent exposés of their widespread lawlessness have only helped to fan the flames of conservative cacophony.
But in this self-congratulatory conquest [...]

Governments are notorious for creating problems (or inventing problems that don’t exist) in order to blame someone else for them and to obtain more control over the masses by and setting out to provide a solution to the problem it caused. This is the essence of the current U.S. housing crisis. Government is [...]

Liberal. Conservative.
Right-wing gun nut.
Hippie.
Tea Partier (at best).
Republican. Democrat. Extremist.
“One of those people.”
Are we in third grade?
I know that treating people like individuals is just SO… HAAAAARD… but it’s what we need.
Maybe I’m just a contrarian. (Category alert!) But topping off broad, stereotypical, media accusations and derision at political meetings, was [...]

I find it appropriate that on Constitution Day (“happy” 222nd) there is a story about a lawsuit seeking to expand the House in the name of fairness for voters across the nation. Of course, I am in favor of expanding the House but let’s look at this lawsuit summed up in two paragraphs:
The most populous [...]

The following is an op-ed I wrote that was published in the Daily Herald today:

It seems that for Utah’s governors, “fiscal conservatism” is little more than a campaign sound byte to be discarded upon assuming office. Governor Herbert, it would appear, is not off to a very good start.
During his remarks after being sworn [...]