One of the most malign of modern trends is the disappearance of men from the ranks of public school teachers and the decline in the number of woman teachers who wield a ruler. I got a testimony of this recently. (more…)
By reader request: a gal recounts the pressure brought on to her to abort her fetus to keep her career unblemished.
Them are some purty concepts. Of course, conceptually, there’s a feller out there that’s as tough ‘n ornery as Pecos Bill, but I ain’t met that feller yet. Conceptually, folks are smarter than cattle, but ain’t none of my longhorns paid me tuition for the privlige of bein’ herded.
Potemra thinks its President Romney in 2012. From his lips to God’s ears. (more…)
When Elder Pino started talking about a sweet family’s day at the beach and then, bam, their daughter drowns, he had our attention. (more…)
I always laugh when I see some student at BYU, e.g., courageously defying the campus in the service of some cause dear to the elite consensus, like protesting Dick Cheney. Acting as a mouthpiece for the powerful against remnant local resistance requires a little courage, I guess, but not much. Speaking truth for power ain’t that hard. (more…)
Do I have your attention? (more…)
I ain’t a singing feller, but when the thunder is hollerin’ I holler back. Tain’t in the hymnal, but I reckon this here song is all right. (more…)
This calls for the red cummerbund sash thing. A touch of the jolly old hidalgo, don’t you know.
King Solomon says, uh, you want I should cut this infant horizontal or vertical?
Randy Barnett has modified his new Federalism Bill of Rights. It’s great. I wish it didn’t read so much like an omnibus Federalist Society wish list, though. It would be nice to think that it had some chance of getting adopted by a state or two.
For the first time ever in a Gallup poll, a majority of Americans are pro-life. As many support the Church’s moderate prolife position–that abortion should be illegal, but with some exceptions–as support the extreme pro-choice and the moderate pro-choice positions combined. (more…)
On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)
Pugilism. An aspect of proselyting sadly neglected in the MTC. Despite the excellent example of Elder Willard Bean, one of the Junior Ganymede’s official blog heroes.