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Two Good Ideas in One Bad Bill
It’s back – the bill that just won’t die. Let’s first explain why this is such a bad bill that I never pass up an opportunity to oppose it. First, it’s unconstitutional and both sides are compromising the integrity of … Continue reading
Posted in National, State
Tagged Deseret News, fourth seat, issues, legislation, unconstitutional, voting
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Freedom OF Religion
[quote]By now everybody in Utah at least has heard about the speech given by Elder Dallin H. Oaks at the BYU-Idaho devotional yesterday on the subject of freedom of religion. It will surprise nobody who knows anything about me to … Continue reading
Davis School District Bond Election
When I first heard about the Davis School District bond election I started with my default position of not being anxious to give any public entity an open line of credit – certainly not a quarter of a billion dollars … Continue reading
Carter’s Race Card
When I heard the news this morning that Jimmy Carter thinks Obama critics are racist, my initial reaction was to reject the idea. Then I decided that it was only fair to consider the idea before choosing to accept or … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National
Tagged current events, discourse, issues, Jimmy Carter, media
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Wash Your Hands
[quote]Dr. Peter Pronovost sought to reduce the incidence of hospital-borne infections by promoting a simple checklist of ICU procedures governing physician hand-washing and other sterilization procedures. Hospitals implementing Pronovost’s checklist had enjoyed almost instantaneous success, reducing hospital-infection rates by two-thirds … Continue reading
Posted in culture, National
Tagged connections, Elevated, health care, issues, legislation
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An Effective Response on Health Care
Those who wish to oppose the current health reform plan wending its way through Congress will not succeed simply by opposing the current bill, nor by offering an equally complex alternative bill. This is a major mistake being made by … Continue reading
Posted in National
Tagged change congress, civic participation, Downsize DC, health care, issues
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Honest Democrats in Congress
If we are ever to achieve any health care reform that will actually have a positive impact on our society it will require that we have honest Democrats in Congress. Not just any honest Democrats, but enough of them and … Continue reading
The Cost Issue is MIA
Matthew Piccolo has a good summary of some of the major issues that are attached to the current health care proposal. That seemed like a good complementary article to what I wanted to point out about the Health Care Reform … Continue reading
Posted in National
Tagged change congress, Elevated, health care, issues, liberty, money, Obama
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The Healthcare Issue Simplified
DownsizeDC has a post entitled Complexity, Simplified that promises to make our national issue with health care reform understandable. And they deliver on that promise. They say more than this, but it all boils down to these few statements: But … Continue reading
Orrin at the Bully Pulpit
As soon as I read the title, D.C. voting act is best way to ensure that Utah gets its 4th seat, I knew we were in for more misinformation. To then go to the article and find that it was … Continue reading
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Tagged amendments, change congress, Deseret News, fourth seat, issues, Orrin Hatch
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