Where Did This Guy Come From?
Buttars, Waddoups, Killpack, Stephenson, Bishop, Hatch, Bennett, Chaffetz….. and Huntsman. Who doesn’t belong here? Just when you’re about to throw in the towel and decide that there really isn’t anyone in Utah politics that makes any sense along comes our governor, Jon Huntsman, Jr. With such off-the-wall notions as reforming Utah’s quirky liquor laws, endorsing [...]
Legislative Ethics
On Wednesday, February 25th, the Utah State Senate passed two new laws intended to instill a sense of ethics in a legislature rated by national observers as one of the most loosely regulated in the nation. While many applaud this gesture by the Senate, one must only take a quick second look to see these [...]
You Will Never Find A More Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy
OK, so I grew up in the original Star Wars era and I’m a fan, but in this particular case I’m not referring to the Mos Eisley Spaceport, I’m referring to the Utah State Legislature, yet again. The worst part about the situation this time around, however, is that Buttars isn’t the worst of the [...]
The Role of Government
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” With these words [...]
The Strength of America
What is it that makes America great? Is it our Constitution, our founding principles, our people? In my humble opinion, America’s greatness can be summed up in one word: diversity. Over the course of the past 200 years we have found ways to unite people of different beliefs, different backgrounds, different ethnic and religious groups [...]
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