I have lately had the happy misfortune of picking up a book that contains ideas that stir the soul. It has rekindled the embers of ideas that have been long banked. It is a feast…
The 2016 South Carolina Republican primary highlights two very large issues I have with our election system. First past the post voting is "just about the worst possible system." Take a look at this Stanford…
We don’t need to sacrifice our principles to save them. We are stronger than that. I’ve studiously avoided wading into the 2016 Presidential election circus. I really haven’t had anything to say. Then Donald Trump…
The following is the talk I gave in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday, 19 July 2015. I am Lynn Taylor. There have been a lot of new families that have moved in after Donna and I…
This is a response to Sady Doyle’s well-written article titled Age of Robots: How Marvel Is Killing the Popcorn Movie. As much as I’d love to have this conversation over shawarma, with all of the…
I like to read content from a variety of websites. Some of these websites update regularly. Others are very infrequent. Remembering to check each one is a pain, and it takes precious time. Does that…
Do you want to be a writer? I’m not asking “do you want to write?” It’s not the same question. Rather “do you want to be a writer?” If so, you could do worse than…
“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.” ~John Adams In English class we learn that an author writes to inform, persuade, or entertain.…
Dost thou love Shakespeare? Are you Star Wars fan? If you answered “yes,” once, then William Shakespeare's Star Wars is recommended reading. If you answered “yes” twice, this is a must read! Ian Doescher masterfully…
Flying a jet aircraft in close formation is an exhilarating, sometimes terrifying experience. Hurtling through the air at hundreds of miles per hour, mere feet from another jet doing the same, takes a great deal…