Mitt Romney, quoting Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, in reference to his party’s “whitewashing” the insurrection Both of Utah’s current United States Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney were born into unimaginable legal, political, and financial advantage . . . and Mormon royalty. Before them lay red carpets of…

Originally Posted September 11, 2021 As inevitable waves of criticism pounded from every quarter, for both the withdrawal and how it was carried out, President Biden ended one of America’s forever wars. The President’s levies seem to be holding. The US carried out an historic airlift of over 122,000 Americans…

But first, a comment on god’s judgment of sexual escapades at Burning Man and Lee’s call to defund the military. I recently suggested there would be little time for anything else if I posted each time the senior senator from Utah said something stupid. This week has been full-on whack-a-mole. …

The “lone” Jacksonville shooter did not act alone. The Florida governor took aim and, with the shooter’s finger on the trigger, disengaged the safety. The governor “scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use ‘extreme care’ if traveling to Florida.” The civil rights…

After all, as the number of anticipated convicts grows, it could become outcome determinative. I’d have little time for anything else if I posted every time the senior senator from Utah said something stupid. You know the guy, like a preacher waiving a bible on stage and spewing cherry-picked verses…

A Short Fable “You’ve ignored me for too long. No one here addressed me. You didn’t ask my opinion, but I don’t care. I’ve sat in this room in silence for years. I’m angry and won’t keep quiet any longer.” WTF? The chatter suddenly grows quiet as caucus members look…

An open letter to the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah Dear Lt. Governor Henderson: When you took office as the duly elected Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah in 2021, you swore an oath to follow and support the United States Constitution. By law the Lieutenant Governor…

One week after the 2022 midterms, Trump declared his candidacy for 2024, among the earliest such announcements ever by a presidential candidate. Even before the mid-terms he suggested an early target date to declare. Some on the right thought — feared — he might announce on the eve of the…

They’ll Use The Same Ploy To Deter Gender-Affirming Care In Dobbs, the Supreme Court redefined substantive due process and liberty not to include a woman’s right to choose, purporting to leave access to such reproductive healthcare to the individual states. See ‘Liberty’ May Not Mean What You Think It Means. …