I’m expecting an Utah paper editorial separation of church and state any day now. I’d bet dollars for donuts that it’ll be in the Salt Lake Tribune, too. The Deseret News just doesn’t roll that way. Yesterday, the LDS Church openly supported Governor Herbert’s signing of HB 116 by sending Presiding Bishop H. David Burton to […]
When the LDS Church shows up for a press conference, does it jeopardize tax exempt status?
March 16, 2011 by
So you don’t like judicial activism? How about “rule by text?”
March 15, 2011 by
Don’t like judicial activism? How about jettisoning the judiciary altogether? Both the political left and right seem to take turns accusing judges, specifically those who hand down opinions opposed to their political proclivities, of judicial activism, or judges reading into the law what just is not there. Originalists call for judicial interpretations that read legislative […]
Book Review: “Rubicon” by Tom Holland
March 14, 2011 by
I recently finished “Rubicon” by Tom Holland. What follows is first the Publisher’s Weekly review, because it gives a good summary of the book, and then my thoughts on this excellent book. After a palace coup demolished the reign of King Tarquin of Rome in 509 B.C., a republican government flourished, providing every person an […]
Economists and their blind spots
March 11, 2011 by
I have a soft spot in my heart for economics. I am, by no means, an economist; however, at some point during an undergrad Econ 101 course (in a large auditorium, it seems, somewhere in the SWKT) I had an “a-ha!” moment. I suddenly saw economics as a field that actually had some predictive power for […]
Utah Legislature Watch: See what happens when voters pay attention?
March 7, 2011 by
House Bill 477 has caused quite the stir up on Capitol Hill, Utah. Let me explain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up: Last week, Rep. John Dougall presented House Bill 477 to limit GRAMA (Government Records Access and Management Act) requests from including text messages and instant messages. Within 72 hours, it had passed […]
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An Impressive New Blog in Utah: the “Utah Political Summary”
Reading up on some of the local blogger commentary on HB 477 this morning, I ran into a blog I’d not seen before: the Utah Political Summary. Written and published by local attorney Curt Bentley, the blog purports to provide a political commentary with dual purposes: “(1) to help people who want to know get informed […]