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One of my guilty pleasures is watching the TV show “Alaska State Troopers” on the National Geographic Channel. The pleasure part comes from seeing spectacular scenery and wildlife like moose and bears I’ll never be able to visit in real life. However, the guilty part comes because most episodes also pose the question as to [...]
War is good for the economy, but terrorism is fatal. Or so it would seem with the benefit of hindsight. Is 9/11 the underlying reason the economy is in collapse? The 1% Doctrine A few years back I read Ronald Suskind’s book The One Percent Doctrine about Dick Cheney’s approach to fighting terrorism. To paraphrase [...]
The single hardest thing I had to do as bishop, repeatedly, was deciding who would get fast offering help, and who would not. So, I’ll let you help me on this one. You’re the bishop! There is a family in your ward that runs hot and cold with church attendance. They come for 6 months, [...]
What can we learn about our unemployment crisis today from historical events? Is the US equipped to come out of a global economic tailspin in a service economy? What will it take for us to overcome our present difficulties?
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