I have long been a proponent that you need to separate the art from the artist. An artist can do or say things that are repugnant to you, but that shouldn’t necessarily influence you one way or the other when it comes to their art. Woody Allen and Michael Jackson were two examples I liked […]
Art vs. Artist, Neil Gaiman, and Idolizing Strangers Read More »
Yesterday evening, BYU played a basketball game against Providence College in Rhode Island. I’m assuming pretty much everyone knows BYU is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but Providence is also a religious institution. Right on their home page, they describe themselves as follows: “Since 1917, PC has taken pride in
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Welp, that happened. Of all the possible outcomes, I never would have guessed we’d have the results the next day, and that Trump would have won both the Electoral College and the popular vote. I am on the record many (many) times saying exactly what I think about Trump and his politics, and so none
Moving Forward in America: Reasons to Hope Read More »
I’ve come up with plans to fix daylight savings before, but for some reason, none of them seemed to have moved the needle in terms of actually solving this crisis. Well, I’m not one to give up just because one idea doesn’t work, so I’ve been ruminating on other ways to get the problem solved,
A New Daylight Savings Proposal Read More »
We’re almost to Halloween, and we’re almost to election day, and today I’ve got some thoughts that actually tie into both. This post was sparked by a Facebook post a friend shared talking about how “History has never been kind to women especially those who are alone and those perceived as different.” A few days
