Congressman Jason Chaffetz talking to a crowd of concerned citizens about the importance of stepping up and being involved – so few people do, but those that do make all the difference. Policy and principle plus hard-work = success. [...] 
Drive around town for a few minutes, and chances are you’ll encounter a car emblazoned with a bumper sticker or magnet that encourages you to “Support Our Troops”. With almost 1.4 million active duty soldiers and close to the same number [...]
If you didn't know that the man-made global warming theory was an elaborate hoax, there exists no question about that fact now. With the uncovering of thousands of e-mails that identify the gyrations that supposed scientists went through to hide real data and to deceive the public,' [...] If you didn't know that the man-made global warming theory was an elaborate hoax, there exists no question about that fact now. With the uncovering of thousands of e-mails that identify the gyrations that supposed scientists went through to hide real data and to deceive the public,' [...] 
The electoral campaigns for 2010 will likely be saturated with fiery conservative rhetoric, grassroots organizing, and a widespread and categorical rejection of the policies and programs enacted by the Obama administration. Candidates of all stripes are putting themselves forward to scoop up vulnerable [...]
I’m fascinated by data visualization. Expressing complex ideas in a simple way is immensely powerful. In my post yesterday, I linked to a
county-by-county time lapse of unemployment rates. I’ve found some interesting images (complete with a thorough explanation) examining the U.S. economy. The article is interesting, but the [...]
No new pork? Openness? Transparency? Accountability? Apparently folks in DC hope we DON’T remember…. [...] Daring Fireball pointed to this county-by-county time lapse of unemployment rates. Fascinating. It explains some of the differences I’ve observed in the move from Utah to Georgia.
A few things to notice:
Because each frame is a 12-month running average, the map doesn’t show whether some counties have started to [...]
The following is the text of a lecture I gave last night to the Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Utah Valley University:
Throughout the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, those who have been sustained as its leaders have repeatedly spoken out on political matters. [...]
Warning: long post ahead!
For several years I have been citing a quote in various posts, emails, discussions, and other settings, allegedly from the First Presidency in 1941. This quote is both potent and largely unprecedented, and its implications are especially interesting.
The quote is as follows:
The Church as [...]
Ronald Reagan did some wonderful things as president. But he was far from perfect. Reagan presided over some of the worst moments in American history. The worst thing about Ronald Reagan, however, was not anything Reagan himself did, but rather his distorted "legacy," created by those who [...] 
Yesterday marked two decades since the Berlin Wall came crashing down. As a visual representation of the larger “Iron Curtain”, Berlin’s wall served as a symbol of the separation of and forced isolation by the Eastern Bloc. In the minds of [...]
Everything has a law built into its nature. Our ability to recognize and obey such law is the basis of Natural Law. Good government ensures that man-made law adheres to natural law. Government which makes unnatural law in order to benefit one class of citizens (usually the [...] 
The Constitution will "hang by a thread". It has been prophesied. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will play an instrumental part in saving the Constitution. That has also been foretold.
The Constitution is very clear on how the United States must go about making commitments to other nations. Every such accord must be ratified by a two-thirds majority of the Senate in order to take effect. This, specifically, is called a treaty. In the last several [...] The following is an op-ed I wrote that was published in the Salt Lake Tribune yesterday (my submission is below; the Trib edited it slightly for publication):
Along with the recent announcement of the NSA data center to be built near Lehi came numerous praises of the jobs it would [...]
In over two hundred speeches given between 2002 and 2009, President Obama has referenced “special interests” 212 times. This near 1:1 ratio shows a continual concern (if only a verbalized one) for the influence of these allegedly nefarious groups of lobbyists.
Mr. Obama [...]
Congressman Jason Chaffetz takes a minute to talk about the new tax imposed on ALL “medical devices”, roughly 80,000 different items. [...] 
Alexander Hamilton at one point in his political career seemed to have held a very limited view of the federal government's powers, believing that such things as "agriculture and manufacture" were under the purview of state governments. Not long after taking such a stand, he advocated' [...] 
From Congressman Mike Pence [...] From Congressman Mike Pence [...] 
A recent article by the Heritage Foundation provides an exhaustive and compelling list of instances in which supporters of California’s recent Proposition 8 were targeted, harassed, and violently abused by individuals in the opposing camp. While certainly not complete in its [...]
It is absurd to imagine that the former colonists, who abhored British attempts to continually centralize governmental power over them, would in turn create a federal government that possessed the same abusive powers. Yet this is exactly what some opponents to the Constitution of the United [...] 
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