Psychiatrist: Liberals are clinically insane.

Ha! So some psychiatrist somewhere said that liberals are diagnosable as crazy. I think he was dead serious. I read the article and laughed, maybe you will too.
“A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity – as liberals do,” he says. “A [...]

Should Students Carry Guns?

Welcome to tonight’s topic. Guns. Specifically carrying concealed weapons on campus. Should this be allowed?
Now, as I’ve said in previous posts, while growing up in Texas, my family did not own a gun and I haven’t shot a gun since scouts (BB that is). But I see this as a matter of safety. There have [...]

Youtube: Obama v Clinton

If you follow the election, this is good stuff

I am the most Discriminated Person in America

Ok so this is a new revelation to me. I was sitting in my psychology of gender class talking about sexual discrimination. I thought about myself. When have I been discriminated against… being White, Male, Middle/Upper class… Mormon and BYU… At first glance I don’t face much opposition. But then… on further inspection, and reading [...]

Dynamic Doctrines and Policies of the Church

I devoutly read the thought provoking blogs of my friend Zillah, and today I read THIS POST in which she talks about the changes in the Church’s views on topics, most specifically birth control. Most other readers seem to be more or less a skeptical feminist Mormon. Since I am not, I see the concerns [...]

LDS perspective on Communism

Well, I’m sure you’ve already heard that Fidel Castro stepped down as Dictator of Cuba. What I find amusing is when I recall a while ago when he was hospitalized. In Little Havana (down in Florida), the Cuban-American exiles there were cheering in the streets that Fidel might finally die. Tuesday he finally stepped down [...]

Very Funny George W Bush Videos!

Aw man, I need to go to bed. Before I do, I really encourage you to watch these two videos.
Bush with a very good impersonator at a Correspondents’ Dinner.

and Bush makes fun of himself at another Dinner.

Moral of the story: He has a sense of humor. I hope he stars in a comedy when he [...]

Why Satan is a Liberal

I’ll explain: I am sitting here waiting for tonight’s debate between Obama and Clinton to replay at 10. Right now (9:30) they’re playing a special called Broken Government. Now, CNN is a liberal news station, so I knew it would be about how big business is bad and destroying America, blah blah. Well, I was [...]

Why I don’t like Feminism.

Yes, you read the title correctly. I know right- who would say such a misogynistic thing. But follow me here. If you’ve read my post about women in the workplace, then you know I believe women are capable of doing anything a man can. I really do. Anyone who doesn’t think women are just as [...]

My Mental Illness: Nebuchadnezzar

To me I was a perfectly rational, caring, polite and harmless person. But I was in a psychiatric facility. Most of the time I ‘behaved’ quite well. I never caused problems, never was aggressive to any of the staff or other patients, I even said yes ma’am or no sir. But sometimes, I would [...]

Heritage Schools Residential Treatment Center

I would like to muse on one of the most satisfying things I have done with my life. I worked for a year at the above mentioned facility. To be brief, at-risk teenagers come live at this psychological treatment center: they go to school there, live there, receive basic medical attention there, food, recreation etc. [...]

Life Update

I realized that my blogging of late has been mostly about politics and not much to do with me. So I thought I’d give you a picture of my life right now in broad strokes. First of all, I’m wrapping up school at BYU. I have a few more psychology courses, one more two [...]

Romney’s Gone. Now who? Obama v McCain

Ok, so Romney has suspended his campaign. Man, oh man was I sad. By no means was he my President Elect in shining armor, but he sure wasn’t McCain. So let’s consider our viable options: Huckabee is NOT a viable option, neither is Ron Paul, nor is Mr. Gravel. If you don’t know Gravel is, [...]

Senate Passes Economic Stimulus Package

So, let’s take a hard look at this for a moment shall we. Our economy, many say, is in a recession. Sad day. Why is that? Well a lot of reasons, one being people spend outside of their means, or buy huge houses and when the stock market falls, all of a sudden they can’t [...]

What can your J.D. do for you

I’ve written some blogs in the past on possible paths for me to follow. Now that I am a few months farther along, why not take a moment to look into a few legal paths… What to do with a J.D.
Well strictly speaking there are the traditional careers in transaction and litigation.
Transactional law has more [...]

apoliticsnowblog.com

I added this brand new site to my links column after finding it through the recommendation of a friend. I highly suggest you check it out- so far he only has two entries, one on the sad political state we are in, and one on horrible, horrible John McCain. I’d copy paste it, it’s that [...]

Environmental issues: my view

I’m too tired to proof-read this. Forgive me.
I had a discussion over dinner on the environment. The other day, a friend brought up the drilling of ANWR (oil reserve in Alaska). These recent conversations invoke in me reflection. As a conservative from Houston Texas (Oil capital of the US), I don’t care about the environment [...]

Women in the Workplace II

To understand this post, you have to first read my last blog entry, then Zillah’s comment on it. This is a response to her comment.

Is it ok for Women to Work?

Reading Zillah’s Gin, I wanted to get out my thoughts on the social debate in Mormon circles of whether it is ok or not for women to work. I’m in a gender course at BYU. Gender courses have a reputation for being feminist ideal ‘brainwashing’ sessions (note I didn’t say whether I agreed or disagreed [...]