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Three People I Would Like to Meet

If you could have lunch with 3 people who would they be and what would you ask them? Continue reading…

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I am a Latter-Day Saint for Ron Paul

Ron Paul is the only candidate who truly understands the foundational principles of liberty, foreign relations, and fiscal conservatism–and the only candidate that has committed to rectify these issues when elected. Continue reading…

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Our Right to Intellectual Property Through Contract

Copying music, movies, pictures, or written text without the permission of the copyright owners is dishonest and is a form of theft. (Gospel Principles) Continue reading…

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No Kings in Israel – The One True King

By utilizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, living providently, and supporting causes that result in freedom of choice and individual responsibility, we thereby choose correctly: agency and liberty. Continue reading…

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To Those With A Conscience

As one can learn and master the laws of gravity and aerodynamics to take flight into the atmosphere, so can one learn and master the laws of morality and self-mastery to be lifted to a higher plane. Continue reading…

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Kings and Judges in the Book of Mormon

The very nature of the people, and their willingness to self-govern is one, if not THE determining factor as to whether they can bear living free with individual responsibility. Continue reading…

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Thomas Jefferson and Public Education

Did Thomas Jefferson support a system of compulsory secularized tax-payer funded public schools and, if so, does that mean liberty-loving Latter-day Saints should also support this form of education? Continue reading…

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No Kings in Israel – An Essay on Gravitation toward Kingly Government

The “inclination in mankind to a kingly government” that Benjamin Franklin spoke of is confirmed by the Biblical record. Israelite kings from David through Rehoboan and Jeroboam confirmed the prophetic warning by Samuel against kingly government. Continue reading…

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The Principle of Individual Liberty Used to Determine Government Force

Heavenly Father gave us our freedom, and our individual agency so who are we to take it away from others? Continue reading…

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Ye Cannot Serve God and Mammon: An Awakening to Self-Sufficiency

My understanding of the scriptures changes as I mature…the meaning I attribute to scripture often expands and changes as my understanding of life, of nature, and of God changes and expands.  There is more depth and breadth to the words … Continue reading…

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Will Ron Paul be America’s Salvation or Condemnation?

And he doth suffer that they may do this thing, or that the people may do this thing unto them, according to the hardness of their hearts, that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just… Continue reading…

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Other Choice Spirits

It is not the destiny of this generation to cross the plains: Our destiny is to save the constitution. Continue reading…

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America’s Founding Fathers are Mormons

In Mormon culture it’s common to talk about who’s who in Mormondom. There are even websites created for the sole purpose of letting the world know which famous people are Mormons. Many know that American Idol David Archuleta is a … Continue reading…

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Notice To My Creditors

To Whom It May Concern: I hereby demand that you increase my line of credit. The reason for this is that I want to be able to make the existing minimum, interest-only payments on all my other debts from the increased line amount you give me. Continue reading…

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The Constitution and Slavery

No doubt you are certain that if you had lived two hundred fifty years ago you would have been an abolitionist. Really? Where do you stand on the question the soft slavery of modern America? Continue reading…

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The Natural Man is an Enemy of Liberty

In pre-earth life we had the choice to follow Heavenly Father’s plan, which had Christ’s support, to come to this earth and receive a body and experience agency (the freedom to choose for ourselves), or to follow Lucifer, whose plan was to take away our agency. There is much we can learn from this first choice. Continue reading…

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Freedom Requires Faith

When each of us, as individuals, stand united together for the right of all people of any faith to live their religion, to be part of the public discussion and offer their input and perspectives, we gain the blessings that come from being obedient to God. Continue reading…

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A Peculiar People, the Salt of the Earth

The socialization argument, the primary objection that conformist public-schoolers have to homeschooling, is based on logical fallacies and a misunderstanding of proper gospel principles. Continue reading…

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Government Education: Stopping the Cycle of Abuse

We want to save our children, and to have them partake of all the blessings that encircle the sanctified — to have them receive the blessings of their parents who have been faithful to the fullness of the gospel. We … Continue reading…

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Is it OK to Choose the Lesser of Two Evils? (The Parable of the Two Giants and Their Slaves)

We engage in the election the same as in any other principle; you are to vote for good men, and if you do not do this it is a sin; to vote for wicked men, it would be sin. Choose the good and refuse the evil. Hyrum Smith Continue reading…

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The Justified Breaking of Unjust Laws

The LDS Church recently released an updated statement on immigration which seems to support amnesty in advocating an approach to immigration in which “undocumented immigrants are allowed to square themselves with the law and continue to work…” Continue reading…

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In Mine Own Image

Scriptural jurisprudence is based on the principle that the LORD created man in his own likeness and image. This principle provides a powerful argument and justification for the inalienable right to life, liberty, and property. Continue reading…

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The Parable of the Trees: A Warning About Rulers From the Book of Judges

During the time period covered by the book of Judges, Israel had no centralized monarchy or national bureaucracy. They lived as a very loose confederation of tribes and lower family units, inhabiting primarily the areas assigned to the tribes upon … Continue reading…

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Fundamental Principles of a Representative Democracy

Although our nation has been established on the principles of democracy and representation, we must keep in mind that democracy and representation are not in themselves the end, but are the means to an end—which is to protect our rights and freedom. Continue reading…

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Becoming New Creatures

Liberty cannot be found through revolution or resistance. Rather, it is found as each of our hearts are transformed by Christ. Continue reading…

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The Book of Mormon and the Modern Welfare State

It’s time for the Mormon welfare-statists in both parties to stop construing every passage about caring for the poor as an implicit validation the schemes that they prefer for doing so, instead of as a mandate for their own personal actions. Continue reading…

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Government Schools = No Celestial Kingdom

Brigham Young taught: I am opposed to free education as much as I am opposed to taking away property from one man and giving it to another… Continue reading…

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Sound as a Dollar

The spiritual and intellectual roots of the Coinage and “weights and measures” clause of the Constitution lies directly in the Old Testament. Continue reading…

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The Political Measuring Stick

How do we prioritize and measure political goals and progress? Are we more free today than yesterday? Are we wealthier and more prosperous than yesterday? Do we reap the fruit of our labors? Continue reading…

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The Divine Purpose of Article V

Why does Article V of the United States Constitution offer the option of a constitutional convention if the American founding fathers did not intend us to use it? Continue reading…

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