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A fallacy of tidal proportions…

Posted by Ryan on March 8th, 2006

I absolutely love oceanography. It would be by next dream job after my current one in… marketing. Yeah I know there’s not much of an overlap there but hey, nobody’s perfect.
Now, I haven’t studied oceanography for quite some time (7 or 8 [...]

Body: The Orsonian Veil

Posted by Wade on March 6th, 2006

It was during my days of tromping the streets of sundry towns in Colorado that I grew to love the insights of Orson Pratt. I was initially introduced to his marvelous dissertations through an anti-mormon book - I came across my fair share of anti literature while serving virtually half of my mission in [...]

“Mormon” Polygamy on Primetime

Posted by Wade on March 5th, 2006

I was flipping through the t.v. channels Friday night and just happened to catch the latest expose of Colorado City on ABC’s Primetime. As I watched, I was amazed at how disingenuous the editors were with the content they decided to air. There is no doubt the film crew shot hours of video that [...]

Duped by the “Duke”

Posted by Wade on March 4th, 2006

I always knew there was something fishy going on, but little did I know of the magnitude.
Two years ago, in my final Spring Semester of College, I was given the opportunity (what I thought at the time would be an honor and privilege) to intern in the office of a high-powered Congressman who sat [...]

Just call me Hugh Covey

Posted by Ryan on March 3rd, 2006

Sales and Marketing Management magazine (a great magazine for any fellow marketing directors out there), just featured a story about Steven Covey and his opinions on what the new information oriented value economy requires of it’s managers. The interview itself is well done and in the course of the discussion, Covey reveals some surprisingly similar [...]

You don’t always need ears to hear

Posted by Ryan on March 2nd, 2006

I was introduced to Dave and Joanne (names changed) about halfway through my mission. They were the well-educated friends of the most influential couple in our little struggling Los Angeles deaf branch (filled with mostly single, mostly poor, mostly uneducated and mostly die-hard faithful members). Because the educated/elite circles of the Los Angeles Deaf community [...]

An open letter to the Sylvester Smithernacle,

Posted by Ryan on March 1st, 2006

Before I start mouthing off, here’s a little info on Sylvester Smith who makes his impact on church history in a couple of prominent places:
1. In Zion’s Camp, known and is remembered for being a detractor and dissident to the decisions and declarations Joseph made both on his own and through the Lord.
2. [...]

Publication & Pompous Bragging Rights

Posted by Wade on March 1st, 2006

I was just informed by the Editor in Chief of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review that my student Note will be published in the next issue of TJLR.
What does this mean for me? Well, I’m pretty stoked to say the least! I worked really hard at writing a cogent, readable paper; and to have [...]