Category Archives: mormons

Splinters and Small Towns

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

The fun of living in small towns is digging up a little history, or the local culture. I’m already planning to attend the Farmington Strawberry Festival, the second weekend of June, and it looks like a prototypical small town fair. … Continue reading →

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Backwards and Down

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

America is the land of the free, the home of the … backwards. Backsides. Backsliders. So we elected a black president, and it seemed that America was progressing, opening its arms and accepting diversity. At the same time, fears were … Continue reading →

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Sharia Law and the US

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Recently, I saw a post by one of my more conservative friends decrying the treatment of a poor girl in Bangladesh, whipped to death because of an infraction against the community. He was bemoaning the evils of sharia law, and … Continue reading →

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