Category: Society
Governor Rod Blagojevich vs. Former Governor George Romney: Insights from a Mafia Conversion Story
I was in Chicago yesterday, and I was there the week before – yes, I admit that I have been there several times and have a few friends there. But…
How Quickly Freedom is Lost: Remembering FDR’s NRA
Were any of you around in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s day? I am amazed at how he is praised in our modern textbooks, with little critical discussion of what he did to Japanese Americans or to the Constitution of this land. While the precedent he set of massive executive power grabs continues unabated in our day, there are some lessons from his reign that should be remembered by those who seem eager to trust a President with power far beyond the intent of our Founding Fathers. For example, consider FDR’s National Recovery Administration (NRA)…
Secret Combinations: Should We Care What the Book of Mormon Says?
Ether 8 and many other parts of the Book of Mormon warn against the great dangers of powerful secret combinations whose members gain great power and wealth and eventually cause…