Sponsor a Child

In the quest to teach my kids to serve others, I looked for opportunities for hands-on service. I wanted them to work hard, sacrifice, give of themselves, and then see the result, see the benefit to others, see with their own eyes how serving others changes lives....

Service: The Key to Real Self-Esteem

It is innately human to want to help others. We have, within us, a desire to be good and do good, to serve and bless others. As a parent, I think it's imperative to teach our children how to serve and, more specifically, how to love service. Contrary to the popular...

Vulgarity & Idiot Journalists

In the quest for civility and a moderately refined society, I have come up with a three part plan of action for the senior editorial staff at the University of Utah student newspaper: Grow up. Get out of the boys' junior high locker room. Buy a thesaurus. When I was...

The Math of Foreclosure Bailouts

Foreclosure rates have been skyrocketing and are expected to continue to rise through the end of the year. This is a tragedy. While I have never lost a home myself, some close relatives have. Just a few weeks ago the folks who lived across the street from our lot were...

Ignoring the Census

Ezra Taft Benson was right. We've been ignorant of our constitutional rights for decades, at our own peril. Jerry Day came up with some great questions about the census that the Census Bureau Media Relations Department refused to answer. Setting aside my dropped jaw...