Mormon Bloggers

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Registered Since: 2009-06-09

About Me:

I am a graduate student focusing on German History, an Elders Quorum President a Father and a return missionary having served in Brazil. I am one of a rare breed in the church, an actual bonafide Mormon liberal. I realize my views may seem a little strange and unusual to many of you, but I welcome discussion.

My Posts:

• Poetry : “The Death-Bed” by Sigfried Sassoon, 24 Aug 2011 in Uncategorized
• Poetry : “The Hangman” by Maurice Ogden, 11 Aug 2011 in Uncategorized
• Is Anders Breivik a Christian? The Answer is Surprisingly Simple, and Should Give Us All Some Pause, 10 Aug 2011 in christianity&current events&Discipleship&Religion
• Frustration, Despair and Disillusionment: The London Riots, 09 Aug 2011 in current events&politics
• A “Modest Proposal” for downsizing the Government, 04 Aug 2011 in current events&Humor&politics
• Tell me Truly: Were you Voting for a Federal Default in 2010?, 20 Jul 2011 in current events&politics&President Obama&tea party
• I’m a Public Employee, and I’m Sick of Apologizing About It, 08 Jul 2011 in current events&politics
• Wanting your Children to Go to Sleep Isn’t Necessarily a Commentary on Anything Other Than Your Desire for Them to Sleep, 29 Jun 2011 in parenthood
• Abbadon at the Gun Show: Observations on Gun Culture in the U.S.A., 19 May 2011 in politics
• The End is Nigh, but Not Yet. Or, Why I Have Plans for Next Sunday, 18 May 2011 in current events&Religion&Second Coming
• Images of History: Osama’s death in Editorial Cartoons, 03 May 2011 in current events&History&politics
• Osama Bin Laden is Dead., 02 May 2011 in current events&Evil&hatred&History&politics&Religion&Wickedness
• A Year Older Maybe. Wiser? That Remains to be Seen., 01 Apr 2011 in Birthday
• The Pseudo-pornography of the Anti-Abortion Movement, 31 Mar 2011 in abortion&current events&politics&Religion
• Of course College Students Shouldn’t be able to Vote!, 08 Mar 2011 in current events&Humor&politics
• In Memoriam: Frank Buckles, 1901-2011, Last American Veteran of WWI, 01 Mar 2011 in History
• Some Thoughts on Rape and Sexual Violence, 17 Feb 2011 in current events
• Politics, Discussion and the Meaning of Words, 24 Jan 2011 in History&politics
• Worth 1,000 Words: The Tuscon Tragedy in Editorial Cartoons, 14 Jan 2011 in politics&violence
• Text of President Obama’s Speech at the Tuscon Memorial Service, 13 Jan 2011 in current events&politics&President Obama
• Blood Libel? Get Serious Mrs. Palin, 12 Jan 2011 in current events&History&politics
• LIBR 203: Online Skill Sets, 11 Jan 2011 in Uncategorized
• The Tuscon Massacre and the Awful Price of Hatred, 10 Jan 2011 in current events&hatred&politics&violence
• How Did I Get Here Again? A Post-script from the Trenches of Library School, 06 Jan 2011 in Religion
• Friday Humor 12/17/10: The “Silent” Halleujah Chorus, 17 Dec 2010 in Humor
• Friday Article Dump 12/10/10: The Christian Right in Context, 10 Dec 2010 in politics&Religion
• Regardless of how you see Julian Assange, the Man is no Saint, 08 Dec 2010 in current events&politics
• Meditations on Pain: in a time of Thanksgiving, 29 Nov 2010 in pain
• Decoding a Graduate Diploma, 24 Nov 2010 in current events&Humor
• Despicable Slander : Brian Fischer’s Dishonoring of the Medal of Honor, 23 Nov 2010 in current events&politics
• Eclectic Tuesday: 11/23/10 A Map of the Internet, 23 Nov 2010 in Uncategorized
• What a Difference 1,000 Years Makes, 22 Nov 2010 in History
• Friday Funnies 10/5/10: Elections Have Consequences, 05 Nov 2010 in Barack Obama&current events&Humor&politics
• Book Review: “The 5,000 Year Leap” by W. Cleon Skousen, 01 Nov 2010 in History&politics
• Friday Funnies : 10/29/10 You Think the Costumes are Scary? You Should See the Candidates!, 29 Oct 2010 in current events&Humor&politics
• Friday Funnies 10/15/10 : The Chilean Triumph, 15 Oct 2010 in current events
• Organized Religion vs. Disorganized Religion, 12 Oct 2010 in Apostasy&general conference&Mormonism&priesthood&Religion&Revelation
• Mercy and Justice : The Questionable Ethics of “Letting it Burn”, 07 Oct 2010 in current events&ethics&politics&Religion
• An Equitable National Divorce : A Modest Counterproposal, 01 Oct 2010 in Humor&politics
• Friday Humor 10/1/10: Grin and Bear it…, 01 Oct 2010 in Barack Obama&current events&Humor&politics&tea party
• Worth a Read 10/1/10 : Your Weekly Article Dump, 01 Oct 2010 in current events&politics&Religion&tea party
• Fine, Don’t Vote: Addressing the Liberal Enthusiasm Gap, 29 Sep 2010 in current events&Humor&politics
• Election 2010: The Political Master Narrative, 28 Sep 2010 in politics
• Worth a Read 9/24/10 : Your Weekly Article Dump, 24 Sep 2010 in current events&politics&tea party
• Friday Humor 9/17/10 : Bedbugs, Blackwater, and The Post-Apocalyptic Celebri-state, 17 Sep 2010 in Humor&politics&tea party
• Worth a Read 9/17/10 : Your Friday Article Dump, 17 Sep 2010 in College&politics
• The Best Four Years of My Life? Some Thoughts on High School Reunions, 16 Sep 2010 in Uncategorized
• Worth a Read 9/14/10: Your Weekly Article Dump, 14 Sep 2010 in current events&politics
• Eclectic Friday 9/10/10: Images of the Ancient Past in English Fields, 10 Sep 2010 in History
• An Open Letter to Pastor Terry Jones, Qu’ran-Burner, 09 Sep 2010 in Bigotry&current events&politics&Religion
• Born Today in History : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain — Hero of the Civil War, 08 Sep 2010 in History
• “A Generation Gap Means a War is Never Won”, 07 Sep 2010 in current events&History&Humor&politics
• Killing the Dream, Saving Myself, 03 Sep 2010 in dreams&History
• And Now for a Dose of Truly Brutal Irony…, 25 Aug 2010 in current events&History
• Friday Humor 8/20/10 : Mosques, Elections, and Voodoo Economics, 20 Aug 2010 in current events&Humor&politics&Religion
• “Let them Worship How, Where or What they May” Some thoughts on the Ground Zero Mosque, 16 Aug 2010 in current events&History&politics&Religion&Religious Bigotry
• Oh say, what is Reality?, 13 Aug 2010 in reality&Religion
• See Where Telling the Truth Gets You Mr. Gibbs?, 11 Aug 2010 in current events&History&Humor&politics&President Obama
• Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Lays Down the Law on the House Floor, 31 Jul 2010 in Shared Blogs
• Friday Humor 7/30/10: Jane Austen’s Fight Club, 30 Jul 2010 in Humor
• “Offenders for a Word” Andrew Breitbart and the Fine Art of Character Assassination, 26 Jul 2010 in Book of Mormon&current events&joseph smith&politics&Religion
• Friday Cartoons: 7/23/10, 23 Jul 2010 in current events&Humor&politics
• The 2010 Republican Platform: Save the Bush Tax Cuts!, 21 Jul 2010 in current events&History&politics
• Glenn Beck says he’s Going Blind: A Meditation on Seeing, 21 Jul 2010 in current events&Glenn Beck
• Xenophobia is Not the 14th Article of Faith: On the Disgraceful Illegal Immigrant List in Utah, 15 Jul 2010 in current events&politics&Religion&Utah
• Worried About the Deficit? Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, 14 Jul 2010 in current events&History&politics
• If All You Have is Anger, You Don’t Have Enough, 13 Jul 2010 in anger&current events&politics
• Who are the Tea Party, and Why Do They Sound So Familiar?, 03 Jul 2010 in current events&History&politics
• Eclectic Friday: Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive, and Precious Few Know What Comes Next, 02 Jul 2010 in atheism&death&Mortality&Religion
• In Memoriam: Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) 1917-2010, 28 Jun 2010 in History&politics
• Democracy and the Problem of Moral Discipline, 23 Jun 2010 in democracy&politics&Religion&righteousness
• Hooray, our team won the NBA Championship, Let’s Destroy Downtown!, 18 Jun 2010 in current events
• Eclectic Friday: Buying a Suit on the Western Front?, 18 Jun 2010 in History
• The World Cup is an Economic Catastrophe, Who Knew?, 16 Jun 2010 in current events
• Welcome to the Casino, Your Future’s Already on the Table, 15 Jun 2010 in current events&health care
• A Mea Culpa, 14 Jun 2010 in Religion
• Could Someone Please Tell Me Who the #$@% Alvin Greene is Supposed to Be?, 11 Jun 2010 in current events&politics
• Eclectic Friday: Alternative Parenting and Abby Sunderland’s Solo Circumnavigation, 11 Jun 2010 in current events&Parenting
• Mr. Limbaugh Goes a Courtin’, 07 Jun 2010 in current events&Humor
• Friday Humor 6/4/10: What a Difference a Decade Makes, 04 Jun 2010 in Barack Obama&Humor
• Is It November Yet? The California Primaries, 03 Jun 2010 in current events&politics
• Memorial Day 2010, 31 May 2010 in Shared Blogs
• Neoliberalism and the Corrosive Loss of Perspective, 28 May 2010 in current events&History&politics
• Esoteric Friday: Of Fear, Fatherhood, and the Human Condition (With Sprinklers Too!), 14 May 2010 in Fear&Ignorance&knowledge&understanding
• History, Arizona Style, 13 May 2010 in current events&History&Humor&politics
• Getting the Government We Deserve: Supreme Court Edition, 11 May 2010 in current events&politics
• Count me in for the Death of Cursive, 08 May 2010 in education
• Yes we Mirandized the Times Square Bomber, He’s an American Citizen, That’s What We Do., 06 May 2010 in current events&politics
• Food for Thought on a Monday Morning, 03 May 2010 in humanity
• Esoteric Friday – How we Get the Government We Deserve, 30 Apr 2010 in History&politics
• Fear and Loathing in Arizona: The Ugly Politics of Anti-immigrant Fear Mongering, 27 Apr 2010 in current events&politics
• Paying your Doctor with Chickens? I thought Republicans were Capitalists?, 22 Apr 2010 in capitalism&current events&economics&health care&politics
• Tax Day Humor, 15 Apr 2010 in current events&Humor
• BYU is Spreading Socialism, Seriously?, 13 Apr 2010 in byu&current events&politics&Religion&socialism&Utah
• Happy Confederate History Month?, 12 Apr 2010 in current events&History
• Esoteric Friday: More Things In Heaven and In Earth, 09 Apr 2010 in beauty
• Who Does History Belong To Anyway?, 08 Apr 2010 in History
• Megan Fox: Education Crusader?, 08 Apr 2010 in current events&Humor&politics&public education
• A Voice of Sanity That Deserves to be Heard, 01 Apr 2010 in current events&politics
• In Memoriam: Jaime Escalante 1930-2010, 31 Mar 2010 in education&Teaching
• When all the other Armed Anti-Government Militias think You’re Crazy, that Should Tell You Something…, 30 Mar 2010 in current events
• Glenn Beck, President Ezra Taft Benson and the Specter of “Creeping Socialism”, 26 Mar 2010 in current events&Mormonism&politics&Religion
• Health Care Reform Passed and the World Didn’t End: Deal With It, 25 Mar 2010 in consequences&current events&politics
• Health Care Reform as the Fault Line of Fundamental Principles, 19 Mar 2010 in current events&Fear&politics&socialism
• Happy St. Patrick’s Day: A Touch of Irish Humor, 17 Mar 2010 in Humor
• A Textbook Education: Texas and Conservative Revisionist History, 16 Mar 2010 in current events&education&History&politics
• Mr. Edwards, Mr. Young and Ms. Hunter: Do us all a favor and crawl back under your respective rocks, 15 Mar 2010 in current events&politics
• Esoteric Friday: Girls Soccer — U.S. vs. Haiti, 12 Mar 2010 in current events&humanity
• Maybe Justice Roberts should Stay Home During the State of the Union Next Year, 11 Mar 2010 in Barack Obama&current events&politics
• Bulldozing Detroit: A Radical Solution for Urban Blight?, 09 Mar 2010 in current events
• So, When Will Glenn Beck be Sending That Letter to His Bishop?, 08 Mar 2010 in current events&Glenn Beck&Mormonism&politics&Religion
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a 9/11 Truther Now?, 06 Mar 2010 in current events&politics
• The Utah Miscarriage Law Sounds a lot like Political Showboating, 05 Mar 2010 in abortion&current events&politics
• Friday Humor 3/5/10: Tim Gunn 2012?, 05 Mar 2010 in Humor&politics
• Do us Millennials a Favor, Write About your own Generation!, 01 Mar 2010 in economy&recession
• Weekend Goulash: A Friday Roundup of Politics and other Nonsense, 26 Feb 2010 in current events&Humor&politics
• Friday Humor 2/26/10: How Swiftly the Neocon Sheds his Skin, 26 Feb 2010 in Humor&politics
• Orcas are Predators, Hence we call them “Killer Whales”, 25 Feb 2010 in current events
• Screaming at the Television: Glenn Beck at CPAC, 22 Feb 2010 in current events&History&politics
• In response to the Manifesto of Mr. Joe Stack, 19 Feb 2010 in current events
• Friday Humor 2/19/10 : Money is Imaginary?, 19 Feb 2010 in Humor
• Some Thoughts on the Olympics, 18 Feb 2010 in current events
• Happy Birthday Pluto!, 18 Feb 2010 in History
• Guns and Fear: Must One be Armed to be Safe?, 15 Feb 2010 in current events
• On Valentine’s Day and Romance, 12 Feb 2010 in Shared Blogs
• Psst! The World’s Gonna End on Labor Day! Pass it on!, 10 Feb 2010 in Shared Blogs
• The Same Tired old Song: Sarah Palin at the Tea Party, 09 Feb 2010 in current events&politics
• Friday Humor 2/5/10 : Obamaphobia, 05 Feb 2010 in Humor
• What Happens in Vegas… (Is Apparently Beyond Criticism, Even When Presented Humorously), 04 Feb 2010 in current events&Humor
• I’m my own Pygmalion: The Strange Odyssey of Heidi Montag, 03 Feb 2010 in Shared Blogs
• Oh Justice Alito, Grow a Thicker Skin!, 01 Feb 2010 in current events&politics
• Obligatory State of the Union Postmortem : 2010, 28 Jan 2010 in current events&politics
• Lest We Forget — January 27, 1945 Auschwitz is Liberated, 27 Jan 2010 in History
• SC Lieut. Gov. to Poor : “Starve.”, 26 Jan 2010 in current events&politics
• The Decline of the American Working Class, 26 Jan 2010 in current events&History
• Lessons to be Learned from a Lost Supermajority, 20 Jan 2010 in current events&politics
• The Real Rush Limbaugh : Misanthropy, Malignancy and Narcissism, 15 Jan 2010 in current events&politics
• Pat Robertson is a Ghoul: Or why the Haitian Earthquake had nothing to do with a “Pact with the Devil”, 13 Jan 2010 in current events&politics&Religion
• A Requiem for the Last Cowboy, 06 Jan 2010 in Shared Blogs
• Oh Enough Already! A Rant on Partisan Paranoia, 02 Jan 2010 in Humor&politics
• Goodbye 2009, You Will Not Be Missed, 31 Dec 2009 in current events&History&politics
• A Poem in Honor of Christmas, 24 Dec 2009 in Religion
• “Mankind Was My Business”, 23 Dec 2009 in Religion
• Freedom of Religion vs. Freedom From Religion: A Meditation on the First Amendment, 20 Dec 2009 in politics&Religion
• Is there anything people won’t steal?, 18 Dec 2009 in current events&History
• What the Heck is up with Berkeley?, 12 Dec 2009 in current events
• Don’t Drink the Water, No Really Don’t Drink It!, 12 Dec 2009 in current events&Humor
• The Gospel According to H.P. Lovecraft, 10 Dec 2009 in Humor&Religion
• Remind Me Again, They Call This “Organized” Labor, Why?, 09 Dec 2009 in current events&Humor
• 2009 : Year of the Attention Whore, 07 Dec 2009 in current events&politics&Religion
• Friday Humor 12/4/09 : The Very, Very Late Edition, 05 Dec 2009 in Humor
• A Bible! A Bible! Are we allowed to Rewrite the Bible?, 03 Dec 2009 in History&politics&Religion
• 30,000 more Troops for Afghanistan: Ok Mr. President, now what?, 02 Dec 2009 in current events&politics
• Blood on Black Friday : 2009 Edition, 30 Nov 2009 in current events&Religion