On August 23rd I received an email from my Church. This email was sent to all members of the Church living in Utah. The email advises all to vote ‘no’ on Proposition 2, which proposes the legalization of the use of medical cannabis in Utah. As I read, pondered, and prayed about this discussion, I decided share how I feel on the matter (in no specific order): Separation of church and state In my opinion, not too many people understand what…
Another school shooting took place. What a strange and twisted world we live in, ain’t it? On Friday, May 18th, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, an unassuming honor roll student, defense tackle football player, opened fire at Santa Fe High School, TX, killing 10 and wounding another 10. I only heard about the shooting that Friday at 4pm. Another tragic event caused by another deranged individual. I am heartbroken about the ones who died in this shooting and I am saddened about the…
I’ll start by saying that I am an active member of the LDS Church, I believe in and practice the Word of Wisdom, and that I am not directly involved with the Utah Patients Coalition. My Church requested the law office of Kirton McConkie to perform a legal analysis of the “Marijuana Initiative” that will be presented to voters in November’s ballot. This “analysis” was released to the public on May 11th. I was taken aback by the way the…
Recently, Los Angeles LDS Bishop Mark Paredes, went under fire when he wrote a blog article in which he questioned the good religious standing of Senator Harry Reid because Reid is a member of the Democratic Party. Paredes’ article was picked up nationally and it has become such a hot topic that LDS Church’s spokesman, Dale Jones, issued the following statement: “Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are, of course, entitled to express their own political…
If you think that Utah would be the last state (if ever) in the nation to allow same sex marriage, you might be in for a surprise. In case if you are just returning home from a long vacation on the moon, you might have missed the news that in mid-December, over 1000 same sex couples were allowed to get married, right here in Utah. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby found that the Utah’s voter-approved constitutional amendment 3 (which defines…
Judging by the retailer’s displays, it seems that we’ll skip right over Thanksgiving and head straight onto Christmas and thus we might as well forget that Halloween was less than two weeks ago. This Halloween would have gone by unnoticed if it wasn’t for the undeserved hoopla created by people who can’t help but to be contributors to what I call: the Wussification of America. In case you didn’t hear, please allow me to give you the 411 of what I’m…
On Aug 25th, 2013 the world witnessed a raunchy and sexually charged musical performance from Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke. Footage of their performance spread like wild fire and instantly became viral due to all kinds of media attention driven by a very eager audience who couldn’t refrain from talking about it. I wonder what would have happened had the same amount of air time dedicated to Ms. Cyrus and Mr. Thicke’s performance had been used to talk about issues…
In the light of today’s mindless shooting in Connecticut I can’t help but to be selfish and think about how grateful I am for the safety of my own family. I guess I find solace when I imagine that you too may be thinking about the same thing. I also can’t help but to ask myself: what can we do to minimize or prevent these tragic events from happening again? My wife is a school teacher… I have a daughter…
Dear Bob, Can I call you Bob? I think so right? After all you’ve been inside my house many times as I’ve watched you, being my favorite sportscaster, hosting and commenting on football, Olympic Games and more. Then I heard all the hoopla about your 90 seconds monologue during the Eagles vs Cowboys half time show on December 2nd. I didn’t watch the game, but I was able to watch the said monologue later. Bob, although I don’t agree with…
Here is the video of the second and last presidential debate with the ‘other’ candidates. It was originally scheduled to air on October 30th but due to hurricane Sandy it was postponed to November 5th. The rule of the debates determined that only 2 from the 4 candidates who participated in the first debate were to return to the second and that the decision of who the 2 candidates would be, was going to happen via online voting in the…