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My new visionary site
I ran into problems with ActivityPub that seem to be due to the hyphens in the site URL. Because of that I decided to transition to a subdomain without hyphenation. I’m leaving Pursuit of Liberty so that I don’t need … Continue reading →
Stuck in Limbo
The funny thing about expectations is that they can serve to motivate our actions. I had held an expectation for myself that I would write daily (or almost daily) on all weekdays. It was hard at times to find things … Continue reading →
A Huge (but Pleasant) Surprise
Every once in a while I check where this blog might be ranked in the BlogNetNews Weekly Influence Index of Utah political blogs. The list has been published weekly for the last 20 months and I used to watch it … Continue reading →
Blogging Full Time
No, this is not an announcement that I will be blogging for a living. I have been doing a lot of reading lately. Besides any moral/religious reading (C. S. Lewis etc.) in the last month I have read: Atlas Shrugged … Continue reading →
Speaking My Native Language
I have always tried to maintain a very civilized and respectful tone here when discussing issues that are sometimes charged with emotion in the public arena. I have been reading the book Why We Whisper and I began to recognize … Continue reading →
Rejecting Amendment A
Let me start off by saying that Constitutional Amendment A does not have anything sinister or devious in it. In fact, there is very little in it to raise objections about. My primary objection is rooted in my position on … Continue reading →
Posted in meta, State
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Tagged 2008, amendments, ballot initiatives, elections, State Constitution, Utah
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Make “the Silent” a Minority
Recently my niece approached me to ask questions about politics. She’s a young teenager, years short of being able to vote, but she wants to become informed and involved so that she could positively participate by the time she can … Continue reading →
Posted in culture, life, meta, State
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Tagged Anything but Neutral, civic participation, connections, discourse, elections, issues, voting
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New Domain
I have been wanting to get a more suitable domain for my site for some time and I have been wanting to do some less political writing (family journal type) at davidjmiller.org. I finally took the plunge and purchased pursuitofliberty.net … Continue reading →
Public Discussion
Obi wan Liberali recently asked others if he was considered liberal. Apparently some of his liberal friends thought he was not liberal enough because he is not inflammatory. The discussion that followed in the comments got me thinking about different … Continue reading →
Thanks for Great Comments
One of my favorite parts of blogging is getting comments and discussion. I really like the tone of discussion that we have here, and sometimes I get comments that really make an impression on me. I finally decided to find … Continue reading →