Two of the best and most interesting books I’ve read in the last year–Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time –are both tales of harrowing and dangerous rescues set during World War II. Both involve the rescue of survivors of crashed airplanes–from the one of the last unexplored jungles of the world and the other from […]
Archives for April 2013
Vaniloquence…?
April 25, 2013 by
I’ll get right to the point: there’s a new blog in town, and I recommend you check it out: VANILOQUENCE It’s the newly inaugurated site of local (to Salt Lake City) journalist Chris Vanocur. He defines “Vaniloquence” as a “Vain or foolish talk,” but the blog is anything but. It may show a lighter side the news […]
Tact: a lesson in politics from Mike Mower
April 23, 2013 by
Tonight, I caught up with Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s chief of staff, Mike Mower, at a Salt Lake County Young Republican meeting. Mower had a few simple pieces of advice that I thought were interesting. Rather than push conservative talking points or take the opportunity to push the Governor’s agenda (ok, other than a plug […]
Salt Lake County Republican Convention Update
April 20, 2013 by
Saturday was the Salt Lake County Republican Party’s organizing convention. I attended as a delegate and also ran for one of thirty spots on the State Central Committee of the Utah Republican Party. As conventions go, this one was pretty blase. We were electing leadership, but none of the races were expected to be close, […]
Murder? The Gosnell trial and media silence
April 15, 2013 by
If you’ve not heard about Gosnell, I recommend you google it. According to Wikipedia (I know, the lazy man’s research tool): Kermit Barron Gosnell is an American medical doctor who ran two women’s health clinics in Philadelphia between 1972 and 2011, and as of April 2013, is on trial for first and third degree murder, […]
Can idealism save the Grand Old Party?
April 10, 2013 by
I is for idealism, which may very much be the future of the GOP, if it is to regain relevancy. For 37 years, Ron Paul was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Largely ineffective there, he earned the nickname Dr. No for his unwillingness to vote for government spending. It wasn’t until […]
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