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Recently, I’ve been doing some reading into game theory.  Classic game theory works on the premise that each person is a rational actor (as in classic economic theory) and will act to maximize the benefit to themselves.  Contemporary game theory however holds that how people perceive self-interest is different than traditional game theory holds; people [...]

Over the weekend while I was at the gym, there was a show on TV about hazing. It was so absorbing I did over an hour of cardio so I could see the whole thing.
As part of the show, they discussed recent incidents of hazing in American high schools and colleges. In one incident, a [...]

I am very involved at HUCC here in Salt Lake City; as such I often play church politics, and I do so willingly.  I was recently told I am in fact very skilled at church politics.  People want to believe that in church we should “above” politics.  Church politics, far from problematic, are inevitable.  Politics [...]

Wednesday afternoon, I felt a familiar, deep, disconcerting pain behind my eyes. Acting quickly, I took a dose of Imitrex. Within a short time, the pain had lost its edge and become a dull, pressure-pain. After exercise and a hot shower, I went to bed - still with that pressure-pain but hopeful [...]

Must see John Stewart on The War President

(Wed 29th SL Trib article)
A letter from the Emery County District Attorney David Blackwell and County Commissioner Ira Hatch accepting Elections Clerk Bruce Funk’s resignation effective April 1st was hand-delivered to Bruce’s office today. (I will post the letter soon.)
The only problem is, Bruce hasn’t resigned. Bruce was elected by the people, and [...]

In an apparent accident, the most powerful vice president in the history of The United State of America shot another millionaire.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

Did you see the Sunday morning news shows?
George Will said “Everytime I hear the administration’s legal rational for wiretapping I get a headache”
I thought Howard Dean laid out the democratic platform, again, quite well, including something along the lines of being strong on national defense by not liying to our soldiers about the reasons for [...]

I started out this morning thinking about how secretly hopeful Senator Buttars must be that his doctors’ education wasn’t dictated by him and why we have to repeat another painful “Scopes Monkey” cycle.
Then as I was scraping eggs from the frying pan into the sink I began ruminating, as I frequently do, about how in [...]

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Ed Firmage has enthusiastically agreed to be our inaugural contributing author.
All are invited to become contributing authors. Just [...]

Robert Kirby reveals how he took care of the neighborhood bully.
Kirby:There’s only one gang where membership has all the privileges
“The purpose of the Rangers was protection from Elwood Street’s resident bully. Howard was nearly 12 but still in the fourth grade. He enjoyed waylaying kids walking home alone. “