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"Aword out of place."That's what Representative Todd Akin has apologized for with regard to his ludicrous contention that victims of "legitimate" rape can somehow "shut down" their reproductive systems and thereby prevent pregnancy.So, essentially, this is all a big grammatical misunderstanding.Akin has repeatedly apologized for using the word "legitimate" as an adjective for the word ... Read more

Ifound out about potential veep Paul Ryan late in the evening. The choice didn't thrill me to my bones. Then I got up the next morning and drove Corbin and Cornelius to their soccer tournament. (They lost in a heartbreaker. They were up 2-0 at halftime, only to give up three goals in the second ... Read more

I'mpreparing the final word on Paul Ryan for your perusal, but today, I begin with a bit of blog business:For the past two months, I've been a freelance writer for the Deseret News, Utah's second largest newspaper and the fastest growing newspaper in the country. I've submitted a number of articles, and they've actually ... Read more

Racismis reprehensible, and people of good will are right to reject it whenever it rears its ugly head.  In like manner, we should also recoil every time someone levels spurious accusations of racism at political opponents when no such racism exists.In his trip to Israel, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney noted that the average Israeli ... Read more

Soyesterday was Chik-fil-A Appreciation Day, at least according to Mike Huckabee. (That sealed the deal for me. If Satan's Brother wants me to eat Chik-fil-A, then it's time for a Big Mac.)So, with that said, I thought I'd get all controversial again.In 1989, the controversial children’s book “Heather Has Two Mommies” introduced elementary school ... Read more

WhenRepresentative Gabrielle Giffords was gravely wounded and six other bystanders were slaughtered by a gunman in 2011, pundits leapt to the conclusion that the shooting was politically motivated.To be more specific, it was all Sarah Palin’s fault.Before I go any further, please, please understand that this is not written in defense of either Sarah Palin ... Read more

Iwrote most of the following the morning after the shooting, in the hopes that it would be published elsewhere. It will not be, so I post it here, even though the thoughts may not be as pertinent as they would have been had they been expressed in a more timely fashion.____________The entire country is in ... Read more

So the Cornells went and saw The Dark Knight Rises last night. The theater was half empty at a 7:40 showing, which I think is directly attributable to the tragedy in Colorado where a loonbat murdered total strangers in cold blood. I have written my thoughts about that and will publish them here if they're ... Read more

My anti-Order of the Arrow screeds are attracting attention again, which always brings a smile to my face. The fact that my rantings exposing the secret society of pimply adolescent faux Indians in loincloths are listed as the highest ranked hit on certain O of A Google searches is the greatest possible revenge for my ... Read more

Fora brief, shining moment circa 1993, the name "Stallion Cornell" was in popular parlance at the University of Southern California School of Theatre, which severely irked a real-life theatre school professor with the surname Cornell, who thought I had chosen the name to make fun of him.I hadn't, but I often wish I had.During my ... Read more