I recently taught the LDS Gospel Doctrine Sunday School class (adults). The lesson was on the first six chapters of the Book of Isaiah. Section one in the lesson manual had a very interesting and important list of “warnings and prophecies” that the church manual said applied both to Isaiah’s day and to our own. … Read more
“There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed; there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save it shall be loosed.” (2 Nephi 30:17) Donald J. Trump likes to swear his employees to secrecy before they … Read more
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” (Proverbs 29:2) The United States is not a democracy. It is a form of corporate totalitarianism. Political theorist Sheldon Wolin explained that our democracy was poisoned by a unique fusion of economic and political power that he … Read more
“Rejecting our ideals won’t make us stronger; it will make us weaker. We were the leader of the free world, a moral as well as financial and military force. But we’re throwing all that away.” — Paul Krugman The Latter-day Saints believe that this land of America is a “land of promise,” a choice land … Read more
“The Republican Party, as an institution, has become a danger to the rule of law and the integrity of our democracy. The problem is not just Donald Trump; it’s the larger political apparatus that made a conscious decision to enable him. In a two-party system, nonpartisanship works only if both parties are consistent democratic actors. … Read more
A recent article in Common Dreams documents the increasing inequality in our country, and around the world, and warns about the devastating future this will lead to. Look at these statistics: US The richest 24,000 adults (the .01%) have an average of over $400,000,000 in wealth (mostly financial) The poorest 120,000,000 adults (the bottom 50%) have … Read more
Mormon Republican Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has written a $100 dollar check to the campaign of Democrat Doug Jones in his race against Republican sexual predator Roy Moore for the open Alabama Senate seat. In the “For” line on the check Flake wrote “Country over Party.” Mormon Republican Mitt Romney has tweeted “Roy Moore in … Read more