General Conference: a time for spiritual strengthening and instruction

Ah, General Conference. For those of you not of my faith, General Conference is a special set of church meetings that only occur twice a year. This began with Joseph Smith back in 1830, the same year the church was organized in this dispensation. It is held every April and October in Salt Lake City, … Read more

What Think Ye of Christ? The most important question of our lives

The idea for this article had its beginning in a talk given by Elder Neil L. Anderson, a modern-day Apostle, in April of this year. It made me think and I hope it will make you do the same. Anyway I found it interesting and this is my blog, so… Jesus once asked the Pharisees, … Read more

Does education make us politically dumber? Unexpected data and an interesting conclusion

So I’ve recently finished reading James W. Loewen’s book “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong.” This book is about the version of American history we are taught in high schools and the subsequent de-programming professors have to do when they get freshman history students in college. It’s written by … Read more