Stallion Cornell

DearMick:Hello. I spoke to President Obama yesterday, so it’s only fair I speak to you today. He told me to tell you hello. (Actually, he didn’t. I’m imagining he told me to tell you hello. You probably won’t read this anyway, so it doesn’t matter much.)Mick, I’m one of your more unusual fans, in that ... Read more

DearMr. President,How’s it going? It’s me, Stallion. We’ve never been properly introduced, but I did shake your hand once on a rope line. You have very nice teeth. I know you are very concerned about both the faltering economy and your faltering reelection chances. (If you’re not, I can introduce you to plenty of Democrats ... Read more

SoI've finally figured out how to make Google Analytics work with WordPress, and, in the process, I find out that the most frequently visited post on my blog is an ancient post from 2007, and it's not even gay-themed! It's this post right here - the Order of the Arrow. It's a fine post where ... Read more

We'vealready determined that I, as a Mormon, believe some really weird hoohah. (Jackson County, Missouri? Really?) But just as it's important to know what I believe, I feel it necessary to point out that there is a great deal I do NOT believe. I covered some of these in my post on Mormon folklore, but ... Read more

When we last left our goofball hero singing in the Book of Mormon musical, he was mocking us Mormons for believing in patently ridiculous things that clash with modernity - what Dickens called the "Age of Railways." He was setting up a three-line stanza - known as a "tercet" or a "triplet" - wherein ... Read more

Itake you back to the fall of 1986, where I'm living in a tiny dormitory on the second floor of Marks Hall for Deans Scholars on the campus of the University of Southern California.Across the hall lived a gaggle of very loud film students, and it was very hard for them to find any privacy, ... Read more

Yes, I’ve watched the Republican debates. Yes, I have strong opinions about them. Yes, I’ll write about them. Don’t rush me.I don’t know why I’m so reticent to talk about Election 2012. It’s not that I hate the non-Huntsman candidates – it’s just that I have absolutely no enthusiasm for them. Nothing in these debates ... Read more

Twodays before 9/11/11, I posted the following Facebook status update:"As 9/11's 10th anniversary approaches, I find I'm one of maybe six total Americans who misses George W. Bush."I received a number of responses. Some sounded like this:"I hope I'm at least #7...""I'm one of the 4 that love him.""Loved him.""I miss him - I could ... Read more

Here'sa puzzler for you. Suppose you lived in a world that was identical to this one except for one key difference. In this other world, there is a magical button you could push that would spur economic growth to 10%, bring the country to full employment, and, for good measure, eliminate the federal deficit. If ... Read more

So it's the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and I have nothing profound to say. I've already said marginally profound things on this subject here and here, and the Internet and the media are full of tributes and remembrances, so I thought I'd take a different tack in my approach today. One of my memories, ... Read more