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[watch] Don’t destroy public education – transform it
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[watch] Utah Women’s March on the State Capitol
Watch this video on YouTube or on Easy Youtube. From the Salt Lake Tribune: “Thousands came out for a march and rally in Salt Lake City on Mon., January 23, to show support for women’s rights on the...
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The necessary conservative pivot
by Paul Mero What represents American culture today is dramatically different than the American culture of my childhood. Of course, things change over time. Styles, music, art, technologies are all...
View ArticleCarpooling Reps: Dan McCay and John Knotwell take the midnight train
Representative Dan McKay and Representative John Knotwell show off audition tape for The Voice… The post Carpooling Reps: Dan McCay and John Knotwell take the midnight train appeared first on...
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[WATCH] Political power v. policy power
Watch this video on YouTube or on Easy Youtube. There is exactly one thing standing between the American people and the type of government the founders of the nation envisioned. That one thing? For...
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America first, human beings last
by Paul Mero As I listened to Donald Trump’s inaugural address my mind’s eye drifted back to the presidential campaigns of Pat Buchanan in 1992 and 1996. Full of spit and vinegar at the time, I was a...
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Republican leaders are the impoverished ones
by Paul Mero Another interesting article about poverty from American Enterprise Institute scholar Arthur Brooks falls on the heels of Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz lecturing the poor about making...
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Beauty and the Beast: Out of the closet?
by Paul Mero There is a controversy over the new Beauty and the Beast movie. Evidently, Disney wrote a gay character into the script. No, not “gay” as in happy, as in every Disney movie prior to the...
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A nation of lies
by Paul Mero Evidently, the art of the deal is really just the art of lying. Donald Trump has proven that not only is lying an art but it’s okay to do. We’ve all heard of “white lies” but Trump has...
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Trump the Unifier?
by Paul Mero From the beginning of the modern conservative movement in America, there always have been philosophical divisions. We have different species of conservatives: economic, social, neo- and...
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Adieu, Scouting!
by Paul Mero Many Latter-day Saints might be sad or confused about the announcement from the LDS Church that it will no longer be participating in the Scouting program for older boys. And that sadness...
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Inside the bubble
by Paul Mero Do you live in a bubble? Probably not, but it did get me thinking more seriously about the whole “bubble” concept. I remember a Saturday Night Live skit about progressives living in the...
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Let’s not “move on”
by Paul Mero In response to the series of Senate Intelligence Committee hearings over the past couple of weeks, Utah Senator Mike Lee recommends that his colleagues and all of America just “move on.”...
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Meaning and discourse go hand in hand
by Paul Mero If you want elevated dialogue, you need an elevated mind. Most Americans, across the political spectrum, seem to mourn the loss of civil dialogue. Indeed, civil dialogue has been kicked to...
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Is Donald Trump a racist?
by Paul Mero Is Donald Trump a racist? No, he is a New Yorker. Trump is an equal opportunity offender. He’s not a racist. Being a racist requires ideology. Trump is transactional. He’ll take anyone’s...
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Rule creates law, not vice versa
by Paul Mero When Donald Trump issued an executive order putting Dreamer kids on a short game clock he reignited a legal and constitutional debate about separation of powers, presidential powers and...
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Both Roy Moore and his Christian defenders should resign
by Paul Mero The continuing saga of Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore no longer requires a set up to explain the controversy. We do not need anyone to tell us what he allegedly did to a number of young...
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Calling out political enemies and friends
by Paul Mero No good deed goes unpunished. You would think I would have learned that lesson by now after 30 years in politics. Of course, career politicians do not care about such lessons. Their...
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What if truth does not matter any more?
by Paul Mero What happens if Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia proves collusion but nobody believes him? Why are conservatives so quick to indict Hillary Clinton about...
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Political loyalties give dogs a bad name
by Paul Mero Do you want to know why so many Americans identify as independent or, here in Utah, unaffiliated voters? The reason is that partisanship never serves the common good. By its very nature,...
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