A (Reluctant) Capitalist Manifesto

I'ma capitalist, and so are you.Now, you may find that statement offensive. It seems many capitalists don't realize they're capitalists, including My Esteemed Colleague, who has devoted a great deal of time and energy to championing the principles and ideology of the former Soviet Union. What he doesn't realize, though, is that the Soviets were ... Read more

A Letter to Santa

DearSanta,How are you, my jolly friend? Not well, and not jolly, if this video you made is any indication.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQJuzSqj6sFirst off, could you be more specific as to where this was filmed?Every other movie where I've seen your digs has shown me bright, colorful, charming mansions with high ceilings and ample lighting. Yet there you are, ... Read more

Why is it okay to mock the Mormons?

Yearsago, noted actor Dustin Hoffman played the role of Shylock in a Broadway production of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." That generated a certain amount of controversy, given the fact that "The Merchant of Venice" is a decidedly anti-Semitic play. Shylock is nothing but a collection of hoary Jewish stereotypes, as well as a melodramatic ... Read more

State of the Stallion

Amoribund blog is not the product of a feeble mind. Or, that is to say, a feeble mind is not the only excuse for a moribund blog, nor should this blog in any way be used as evidence that my mind is not feeble. Capice?Yes, it's been over a month since I posted anything, and ... Read more

Personal PAC Money

Atthe end of the pointless government shutdown that did nothing but damage, Republican representative Tom Rooney of Florida was asked who won in the stand-off. His answer was not the president, the Democrats, or even his own party. The winners, he said, were “the people that managed to raise a lot of money off this.”By ... Read more

A Joseph Fielding McConkie Story

Iserved as a missionary in Scotland for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from September of 1987 until September of 1989. For the last five months of my service, that mission was under the direction of Joseph Fielding McConkie, a singularly gifted gospel teacher, a devoted disciple of Christ, a fierce champion of ... Read more

Vote for Rex Lee

IfI were a rich Democrat, I'd max out my donations to the Mike Lee 2016 campaign.It would be a bargain at twice the price. What Democrat could possibly match Lee's ability to destroy the Republican Party from the inside?I've read a number of statements from Lee's diminishing number of devotees who, while forced to acknowledge ... Read more

Anyone Want to Be a Beta Reader?

SoI haven't written much on this blog of late. My apologies. By way of explanation and not excuse, I thought I'd tell you why.I've been producing a whole lot of content for the Deseret News, including a weekly column that you can find here if you're not reading it at the moment.  My latest column ... Read more

Understanding the Enemy

Morepeople have discovered our president's rank incompetence as a result of this Syria debacle, but what shocks me is that some of them never seem to have noticed it before. That this president is not only a failure, but a colossal failure, has been beyond dispute for quite some time.Yet the fact that the country ... Read more