Simple Utah Mormon Politics

Is occupational licensing beneficial to society? In a relatively few cases... perhaps .  But in the vast majority of cases massive detriment lurks.  Here are a few examples, including in the medical industry, which, currently under licensing regulation, doesn't seem to be benefiting.

I believe in evolution. We are constantly evolving. I'm sure you've heard of "natural selection". But I think we have the opportunity to evolve in two additional ways.  I call those methods free selection and divine selection.

In 1995, Dallin Oaks of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke on the subject of same-gender attraction.  He explained why he thinks it's important to refer to homosexuality as a "feeling" and not a "condition".

Advocates of big government use Debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratios to mask the bizarre fact that government spending is actually used to inflate the calculation of GDP.  A much better way to see the enormity of the problem of government debt is to note how much government spending has increased as a percentage of GDP.

Was the death of US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi related to the running of Libyan weapons stockpiles through Turkey to Syrian freedom fighters? Circumstantial evidence makes it a strong possibility. Here's what I've found so far.

Two years following the initial Arab Spring protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egyptian progress toward reform and liberty is a bit stagnant.  But it's moving, albeit slowly, forward.

I came across something from Albert Einstein the other day that sounds suspiciously similar to something attributed to the prophet Lehi in the Book of Mormon, as well as to something alleged to have been revealed to LDS prophet Joseph Smith as contained in the LDS Church's Doctrine and Covenants.  The quotes are presented below. Are all three talking about the same thing? Let me know what you think.,