Amid the culture wars, some from the political right pluck a Leo Tolstoy quote out of context, then use it to express disdain for government. “I sit on a man’s back,” said Tolstoy, “choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish […]
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Statement released by Richard Davis, United Utah Party Chairperson and BYU Political Science Professor on the occasion of Donald Trump’s “vindication” by the U.S. Senate, following his impeachment in the House of Representatives:
Read MoreTip 25: Boiled Frog Socialism – April 27, 2018
The boiled frog story was huge at the yellow brick church on 27th Street in Ogden, Utah. The Sawyer kids entered dutifully during the 1950’s, but without parents. Others had moms and dads accompanying them. I felt unsupported, trying to figure out how the world worked; how I should act within it. There were important […]
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