(26) Week of June 29, 2008
Corruption, Failure & Incompetence Uncovered by Audit of Utah Government Agency
ALPINE, UT | July 4, 2008 | A much anticipated legislative audit of the Utah Department of Commerce, whose sole elected oversight is Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (R), reveals corruption, coercion, secrecy, retaliation, incompetence, abuse of power and miscarriages of justice.
Allegations of serious wrong doing in the Utah government were first […]
How Do You Celebrate Independence?
HIGHLAND, UT | 4 July 2008 | Ah! The Fourth of July! That great mid-summer holiday. Full of parades and beauty pageants, fireworks, barbecues, 10k races, pancake breakfasts in the park, and flag raising ceremonies. This is what this holiday is all about, right? Oh, and thinking about the signing of the Declaration of Independence (whatever […]
4Jul2008 | Jason K. Vaughn | 1 comment | Continued
Chinese Bloggers Show Indomitable Spirit of Inalienable Right
HIGHLAND, UT | 3 July 2008 | Chinese bloggers are proving that rights, being unalienable, cannot be taken away no matter how hard a government tries. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that “bloggers on forums such as Tianya.cn have taken to posting in formats that China’s Internet censors, often employees of commercial Internet service providers, have […]
3Jul2008 | Jason K. Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
Solving the Problem (of the Brain Off Conspiracy)
by Matthew Pilling, guest author
SALT LAKE CITY, UT | 2 July 2008 | Once, when working as a nighttime security guard for a hotel, I was called to take care of a “small water problem” in a guest room. When I arrived at the room, it was obvious that the guests had had a little […]
Supreme Court Ruling for Guns already under Attack
HIGHLAND, UT | 1 July 2008 | It took the opponents of firearms ownership less than a week to come up with their next attempt to ban handguns. Last week the Supreme Court struck down the 32-year old D.C. handgun ban in a 5-4 decision. Yesterday, AP “medical writer”, Mike Stobbe revealed a “surprising fact,” that […]
1Jul2008 | Jason K. Vaughn | 0 comments | Continued
Happy Canada Day from an American Patriot
by Matthew Pilling, guest writer
SALT LAKE CITY, UT | 1 July 2008 | When people hear that I am Canadian, they often ask questions about whether or not I would consider becoming an American. Ironically, I am a citizen of the U.S.A. by birth—my mother is American and my family came from Canada when I was […]
545 or 300 Million?
HIGHLAND, UT | 30 June 2008 | In the 1980s, a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel, Charley Reese, published a piece entitled, “The 545 People Responsible for all of America’s Woes.” In this article, Reese points out that politicians are the only people who cause problems and then campaign against them. He blames all problems America faced in […]
30Jun2008 | Jason K. Vaughn | 1 comment | Continued
I couldn't agree with you more. Yes, morals are objective, while the valuation of material things is subjective.
God values ...
I think the point here is that people choose those whom they trust. When the government, by force, arranges a ...
Ammon,
As always, you bring up good points. You're right--truth doesn't need to have an advantage of time in order ...
I think one of the greatest things about the voting process is that there is never complete objectivity or truth, ...