Author Archives: Stan Rasmussen

Will BSA take a well-intentioned but calamitous path?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Tweet By nature an upbeat and optimistic person, today I am experiencing feelings that are hard to describe. Upbeat they are not. More a combination of sadness and mourning about the fact that this afternoon representatives of the 290 local … Continue reading →

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On an earlier April 18 in Boston

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Tweet Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. From Paul Revere’s Ride, by … Continue reading →

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Herbert: ‘From adversity comes strength, from strength comes success’

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Tweet Last week Governor Gary R. Herbert was inaugurated to his first full term as Utah’s chief executive, having first accepted the role in 2009 when then-Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. was appointed ambassador to China. Conducted in the rotunda of … Continue reading →

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Interim Day: Don’t call HB 148 a ‘land grab’ – Utah has every right to control its land

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

Tweet Mid-November meetings of the Utah Legislature are traditionally the final regular monthly gatherings of interim committees prior to the full-time session that begins in January. The issues and proposals discussed foreshadow and prepare the way for the work legislators … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Constitution with contest, concert, McCullough

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Tweet On Monday, Sept. 17, we mark the 225th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution – the foundation, along with the Declaration of Independence, of the American republic. Of this remarkable and most significant document, William R. … Continue reading →

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Lincoln's legacy of leadership

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

Tweet Today marks 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln penned what has become one of the most frequently quoted writings of our nation’s 16th president. The letter, written in response to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley’s blistering editorial published … Continue reading →

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Prospects for a humming future in the Beehive State

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Tweet A recent publication by the Gallup organization is the latest to suggest a humming future for the Beehive State. In “Utah Poised to Be the Best U.S. State to Live In,” Dan Witters reports that the state leads all … Continue reading →

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Have some Boy Scouts board members lost their compass?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Tweet Reports of recent comments by two board members of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provide Exhibit A examples of self-serving inclinations and failing to remember which way they (should) face. The first comes from The Dallas Morning News:  … Continue reading →

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Stakes are high as Supreme Court takes on Obamacare

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Tweet Today, the United States Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in what many consider one of the most important, consequential issues presented in the nation’s history: challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) … Continue reading →

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Penn State insanity calls for radical surgery

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Tweet   The Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees should have announced cancellation of the football team’s Saturday game at the same time they fired Coach Joe Paterno and the university president. Further, the appropriate response to this unfolding atrocity, … Continue reading →

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July legislative interim day roundup

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Tweet   Yesterday, the Utah Legislature met for its monthly interim day meetings. During these meetings legislators discuss items that may lead to legislation in the annual general session that begins in January. This month, they also attended to several … Continue reading →

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Tribune article stacks up ironies

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Tweet   Last Friday’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune included a story titled, “Gay BYU filmmaker ready to tell his story,” by Peggy Fletcher Stack (July 8, 2011). The article is about Kendall Wilcox, yet Ms. Stack appropriates Mr. … Continue reading →

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