Stallion Cornell

WithDonald Trump's approval rating soaring among Republicans and sinking with everyone else, Abby and Jim discuss their picks for the best presidents in history and why Thomas Jefferson left his presidential tenure off his tombstone.Abby doubts that Jim had the word "jowls" in his vocabulary at the time of Nixon's resignation, and she also ... Read more

Abbyand Jim discuss President Trump's disastrous summit in Helsinki and why George Will called the Commander-in-Chief a "sad, embarrassing wreck of a man." That leads to the incredible story of Bill Browder and the 2012 Magnitsky Act, which leads Abby to predict that Melania will likely soon be jumping out of airplanes a la Tom ... Read more

The LDS Church has 13 official Articles of Faith that have been canonized as scripture, and I believe all of them. Over time, I have come to a more comprehensive understanding of my own personal faith, and I have compiled a list of additional things I, personally, believe.This list is in no way comprehensive and ... Read more

Whenmy father passed just over two years ago, the media was filled with laudatory tributes to him that brought a great deal of comfort to all of us in the family. The problem was that most of these were posted on websites that included comment sections."Don't read the comments" is the best advice I have ... Read more

PresidentTrump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court leads to a discussion of the history of the Supreme Court, as well as Abby's spontaneous performance of excerpts from the musical "Hamilton" amid scattered Harry Potter references. We also discuss Abe Lincoln playing judicial hardball, FDR's attempt to pack the court, and why "Borking" is ... Read more

HappyFourth of July!Abby and Jim discuss the conspiracy theory that this year's 4th will be the beginning of a new civil war, as well as a number of other conspiracy theories, both political and non-political, including the one that Jim actually believes.Hear about Jim's 3rd grade Watergate-themed Show-and-Tell, as well as Abby's confidence that ... Read more

TheUnited Utah Party recently launched a petition calling for "humane and reasonable immigration reform," and the following Facebook thread happened.Enjoy.

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Why didn't you do this under the king Obama time . Didn't care then did you !!! 

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The party didn’t exist under “the king Obama time.” And it sounds like you don’t care about this ... Read more

My last post was all about my philosophy re: Supreme Court justices, but I'm getting a lot of questions about the practical consequences of Justice Kennedy's retirement.What does this mean? Who's going to replace him? What's going to change? Is this the beginning of the apocalypse?The TL/DR answers are:

Not as much as you think.

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Myyoungest son played in a youth basketball league this year, and his team’s track record was 0-10. Or maybe it was 0-12. I’m not sure about the second number, but I’m 100% positive about the first. This was a particularly difficult experience both for him and for his parents, who had to come up with ... Read more

Abbyasked that we take a step back from talking about the news of the day and have an in-depth discussion about how constitutional government works. As a result, Schoolhouse Rock gets sung more than a few times, and we discuss executive orders, declaration of war, and the difference between emanations and penumbras - i.e. what ... Read more