A October 2012 Associated Press profile of me described me as “a large man with perpetually rumpled clothes.” Well, if sloppy dress leads to sloppy manners, I am pretty sure this […]
My Sloppy Manners Explained! Support Approaching Justice!
A Case for Bernie, Suggestions for Hillary
Though I support Bernie Sanders for president, I thought it would be worthwhile to offer instructions to both camps. Not that the Hillary and Bernie campaign reads this blog. But some of […]
Confessions: I Don’t Belong
I have felt this way for a long time about many things. I don’t belong. I am a Mormon liberal who more and more finds myself still unorthodox…but very much at […]
Thoughts on Bundy Extremism and Responses To It
I have re-posted my 2014 post on the connection between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and extreme conservative elements within Mormonism. I also want to summarize a bit the other posts I have […]
The Mormon Roots of Cliven Bundy’s New Political Party
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran here at Approaching Justice on May 27, 2014. Re-posting in light of recent events, though I would emphasize that Bundy’s view and those of his family are […]
Confessions: I Want to Conquer the World…and Other Resolutions
2016 is going to be a good year. I turn 40 this year and I will not put out with another off year. It time to conquer the world. Well…my little part of it at least.
Confessions: Religious But Not Spiritual. #planted
This is the first of my “Confessions” columns, a new feature in 2016 at Approaching Justice. Today, I wrote a bit about being religious but not spiritual.
Why Mormons Identify with Syrian Refugees
from Vox
A Response to Spong’s Reformation Proposal
John Shelby Spong, the retired Episcopal bishop of Newark, has figured prominently in my own religious history. I was a freshman in college when the book Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism came […]
Christmas and the Confederate Flag
Regardless of how any of us feel about the confederate flag, no one can deny its well-deserved controversy. We cannot escape history, as much as we try to ignore it, forget it, or simply pretend it did not happen. Simply put, the confederate flag symbolizes one thing: absolute, untamed, unadulterated hatred.
11 “good news” stories you may have missed in 2015
Bad news usually tops the headlines, while good news gets overlooked. This holiday season, share some good news and give the gift of hope. Here are eleven positive stories from 2015 you may […]
What Minimum Wage Opponents Get Wrong about Economics
Opponents of the minimum wage frame their argument in terms of oversimplified economic theory that is not borne out by empirical research.
