Nicholas Kristof has a column in today’s New York Times entitled “Donald Trump is Making America Meaner.” He recounts a story from last spring when, in the middle of a high school physics class in a small Oregon town, a group of white students began chanting at their Latino classmates: “Build a wall! Build a … Read more
Last night was the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics. I confess I am not really a TV sports fan, but I make an exception every two years for the Olympics (Summer and Winter). I always try to watch the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. They are wonderful pageants of color, music, and dance. They … Read more
Alma Chapter 31 records the odd story of a people known as the Zoramites who were reportedly “perverting the ways of the Lord” (verse 1). Alma took seven companions to preach to them. They were astonished to see the method of worship the Zoramites had adopted. One day a week, they would gather into their … Read more
This is hard to write. I am so angry at the NRA, the gun-selling merchants of death, and the Republicans in Congress, I don’t know what to say. Rather than comment, I think I will just list some facts. On Sunday June 12, 2016 a man entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida and started … Read more
A few months ago the US Labor Department announced a new rule that would require brokers and financial advisors who sell retirement accounts to act in the best interest of their clients. In other words, brokers would be prohibited from selling their clients products that maximize commissions for themselves and generate higher fees for their companies, unless … Read more
In Mosiah Chapter 8 king Limhi tells the visiting Ammon about an expedition that: discovered a land which was covered with bones of men, and of beasts, and was also covered with ruins of buildings of every kind, having discovered a land which had been peopled with a people who were as numerous as the … Read more
It appears the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the election of 2016 is going to be Donald Trump. A demagogue has once again aroused the populace to storm the castle. The country is, indeed, in a “precarious and dangerous” situation. Reportedly, Bush, Bush, McCain, and Romney are all going to stay … Read more
The title quote above is Matthew 25:42. The following is from the book Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis by Stuart A. Kallen. p. 33. By 2014 … Americans were consuming a total of 10 billion gallons (38 billion liters) of bottled water each year, at a cost of $11.8 billion. Worldwide, people spent over … Read more