The fact that people are seriously arguing that the US can torture prisoners is deeply troubling. Â It occurred to me that we can look at our own history – sending Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War Two, centuries of stealing Native American’s their land and sending them off [...]
PRESS RELEASE
Date: December 11, 2009
Contact: Jeff Reynolds
Phone: (801) 355-1272
A complete transcript of Mero’s speech is available at: http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploads/Religious_Freedom_Mero_12-10-09.pdf
A webcast of the event is available at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2893090
SUTHERLAND RECOMMENDS STRENGTHENING SLC’S NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES
SALT LAKE CITY — December 11, 2010 — Sutherland Institute, a conservative, state-based public policy organization, [...]

Yesterday, I heard Louis Pope speak to the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF.net) as he received recognition as Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Louis thinks globally, about our back yard in Utah, about our back yard to the world. In his acceptance remarks, he said more [...]
This year, Forbes named Provo the best college town for job growth, U.S. News & World Report called Provo one of the 10 best cities for creative jobs, and the Association of University Technology Managers ranked BYU first in the country in the number of startups, licenses, [...]
President Obama won the 2008 election with 53 percent of the vote. His approval rating in the latest Research 2000 poll stands at 53 percent. I guess it’s safe to say that Obama is unpopular with the people who never voted for him (I’m one of them, BTW).
The following is an op-ed I wrote that was published in the Deseret News this week:
Former President George Bush was wrong on many issues, but at least one of his comments was right on the money. At a private fundraiser in Houston in July 2008, during one of those [...]
I have been wanting to talk about the meaning of personal or individual independence for a while, especially in light of recent discussions – that was even before I got this comment from Charles that captured the debate in a nutshell:
If you are a collection of random individuals each [...]
With Neil Cavuto
Tammy Bruce praised Chaffetz on her blog as one of the few good guys, then followed up on Twitter with this note: @jasoninthehouse You=awesome.
Frankly, it’s about time someone in the GOP started standing up for fiscal discipline. [...] - Post “Climate-Gate”, Majority still believe in Global Warming, support cap-and-trade.
- But deniers aren’t finished yet.
- Improving Bluray technology with a lobsters eyes. Seriously.
- US Airstrikes kill 30. Every time. In every report for months?
I was excited to hear that FTP would be discussing Obama’s decision to approve a troop increase to Afghanistan. Counterinsurgency happens to be my area of study, and this pivotal moment greatly interested me. Therefore, I’d like to share a few thoughts and hear some feedback.
First, I think we [...]

