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Response to an angry UTOPIA

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Tweet After much citizen input from a historically attended Orem City Council meeting on the evening of Aug. 14 (and into the wee hours of the morning on Aug. 15) to decide the fate of a proposed 50 percent increase … Continue reading →

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Government welfare and moral excellence

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

Tweet The great demographer Nicholas Eberstadt recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal about the dramatic explosion in the receipt of government welfare. His concluding paragraphs: The prospect of careening along an unsustainable economic road is deeply disturbing. But another … Continue reading →

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Isn’t a dollar still a dollar?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Tweet   While waiting in an excessively long line in the grocery store the other day, I overheard a little girl say to her mom, “Can I have this? It’s just a dollar.” The girl’s mother didn’t respond. But the … Continue reading →

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Overspending will kill your Christmas cheer

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Tweet   “Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.” -Unknown With the holidays nearly upon us, I was thinking about all the good memories I have about Christmas and the good feelings associated … Continue reading →

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