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Originally published as “The End of [Burning in Hell]“on Simple Utah Mormon Politics.
Once again my paradigm has been challenged, and I suspect it has moved a bit. Actually, there are several things that I agree with in Sam Harris’ book, The End of Faith.

It is very easy for any religious adherent (the German word [...]

Forget the last election and all the promises made by Democrats. President Bush is getting a blank check for continuing the occupation of Iraq, thanks to a craven congressional leadership and some parliamentary sleight of hand. For the Iraq supplemental to fail, 20 Democrats were needed to vote “no” on the rule, but [...]

Other folks have fairly effectively tackled the SF Chronicle quoting right wing hatemonger Paul Cameron without pointing out Cameron’s long and somewhat colorful history as a fraud, charlatan, and professional anti-gay bigot.
Usually lost in such circumstances is the way in which the traditional media has completely absorbed the right wing claim of liberal bias - [...]

crossposted at utahucc.org.
Sunday was the last session of Our Whole Lives, Grades 7-9.  Since November, 15 participants and three trainers have had 27, 90 minute sessions.  Our Whole Lives is comprehensive, life span sexuality education - dedicated to the core values of

Self Worth
Sexual Health
Responsibility
Justice & Inclusivity

Throughout the class, which covers the language of sexuality, basic [...]

Senator Russ Feingold, writing on the DailyKos site:
This situation is a collapse for Democrats…. First Americans had to put up with a Republican Congress that did nothing, and now we are faced with a Democratic Congress that is giving the President exactly what he wants – continuing his failed policy and leaving our troops [...]

While the formidable Jane Stillwater is waiting to get approval for a second embed in Iraq a next month, she is blogging about her trip to Afghanistan a year ago. Oh, and she’s writing a book. Jane’s unpretentious, no-bull style of writing really stands out. Other (mostly right-wing) bloggers have gone to [...]

Friday night, Utah Now commentator Bill Allred spent his time talking about the blogosphere.  Allred’s essential assertion was the same tired “I’m a traditional, trained media person” criticism of the blogosphere - namely that bloggers aren’t real journalists and are somehow usurping the rightful territory of the trained journalist.  Well guess what - bloggers don’t [...]

You want to know what I fucking hate about the family friendly enforcers here in the US who scream the roof down at every dirty word uttered in public?  Their sociopathic silence concerning the violence our “liberation” of Iraq has unleashed and the violence in the name of religion coming out of Iran or the [...]

Doug Fabrizio interviewed local “Silicon Valley Wunderkind” and my friend, Joe Firmage, about The Internet and his project (and mine) The Digital Universe for Utah Now.
Joe Firmage has spent more time than most, thinking about the Internet and how it can be used for good. I think he is right on. Take a [...]

It was a little cloudier Saturday afternoon than Day 1 so solar production was slightly off. And as you can see by following the yellow line (left above chart), it was a bigger consumption day. Like most people do on weekends, we did laundry, used the coffee maker, paid bills using computers and printers, ironed [...]

I like Jon Huntsman more all the time. I thought it would eventually happen. But after Utah opted out of the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative earlier this year, I thought “this is typical Utah. Our politicians don’t care about global warming, they just care about maintaining the power base of the coal, oil and [...]

I was a guest again yesterday on the radio program called “The Right Balance” with Greg Allen.
One of our topics of discussion was who won the recent Rocky/Hannity debate and why. In a nutshell, I explained that I think by his integrity and attempts to discover and present facts, Rocky won the debate, while Hannity [...]