Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder “When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of civilization.” Daniel Webster Tweet Have you read Farmer Boy to your kids lately? I know a family who reads Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books aloud, over and over. Children and parents alike love stories of […]
Why Can’t Freedom be Free?
Why Can’t Freedom be Free? If you kept a lot of gold coins and cash in your house, would you rest easy at night without a big, heavy safe or a robust alarm system? For the same reason people need to protect their wealth from thieves, freedom can’t be free. A free society creates wealth. […]
How Can We Think for Ourselves?
How Can We Think for Ourselves? “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you’re misinformed.” Mark Twain (possibly misattributed) Tweet The news has never been, in the words of Dragnet’s Sergeant Joe Friday, “just the facts, ma’am.” Pretty much everyone has an agenda. How do we sift fact […]
Governor alters public health order, ending gun ban in Albuquerque area
While this is not Utah news specifically the outcome can effect Utah. We will be keeping a close eye on this as it evolves. Read More
Open Doors in Bluff – Tied to the Post by Steve Simpson
https://www.sjrnews.com/tied-post/open-doors
Contestants for Miss Navajo Nation compete in butchering a sheep in under an hour
Keeping traditional skills alive is a part of the competition for Miss Navajo Nation. https://navajotimes.com/reznews/eeaahjigo-dine-bikeyah-proud-of-contestants-running-for-miss-navajo-nation/
Utah-Born Buu Nygren, Navajo Nation President, interviewed on budget, tribal priorities, roads, and the “minions”
Utah’s San Juan County is 50% Navajo, populating reservation towns in the “Utah Strip” and homes throughout the county. President Nygren, who was born in Blanding to a Navajo mother and Vietnamese father, is the youngest president of the Nation to date. In this interview, he shares plans to address concerns about roads, access to […]
Romney Not Running Again
Romney will not seek reelection. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/politics/mitt-romney-not-running-reelection/index.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/09/13/mitt-romney-says-hes-not-running-for-reelection-in-senate/
When Hollywood Actually Spoke for “We the People”
When Hollywood Actually Spoke for “We the People” You may be surprised that Hollywood made a patriotic movie way back in 1939 that is still inspiring today. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a complete lesson on what’s wrong with American politics … AND what to do about it. According to Brittannica.com, “the story concerns […]
The Big 5 of the First Amendment
The Big 5 of the First Amendment The First Amendment to the Constitution usually brings to mind freedom of speech. The Founding Fathers rightly prioritized this one because all other freedoms rely on being able to freely express our opinions to each other and to the government. It may have escaped our notice that the […]