Power, Lies, and Corruption

 
“Power corrupts; Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
An oft-quoted phrase when referring to politicians or CEOs.  The implication being that great men are generally bad men.  I was reminded of this proverb when I was watching a Discovery channel show on TV about the brain.  The show presented a statistic:  ”One out of every 100 Americans are psychopaths.”  Well, [...]

You Make Your Own Luck

This is part two in a three part post on Chaos, Chance, and Choice.
What sort of things would you leave to chance?  Harvey Dent gave away his agency to the whims of chance.  Dent was a good guy.  He seemed be Gotham City’s ray of hope, a hero who didn’t need a mask.  However, when tragedy struck [...]

An Agent of Chaos

This is going to be part one in a three part post on Chaos, Chance, and Choice.
Does Satan really look like a guy with a plan?  Heavenly Father has a plan.  Satan has been trying longer than anyone of us can remember to upset this plan.  Since before this Earth was formed, Satan has been [...]

Immanuel – The Christmas Gift

I could watch the Polar Express to see what the first Christmas gift is going to be, but I already know.  I could go peeking thru the boxes my wife has placed under our tree, but it wouldn’t help.
Immanuel — which being interpreted means “God with us” — that is the Christmas season’s big gift. [...]

An Action is Worth a Thousand Words

For a little bit of local flavor from here at Texas A&M University:  My generation of Aggies seem to constantly be finding new things to whine about.  Whether it is tuition, administrative policies, dining options, the football team, diversity, you name it.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for complaining, but I see few willing [...]

Supervisor Dufty’s Comment

Proposition 8 has been a controversial issue for this country over the last few months.  The measure passed with an affirmative vote of 52%, or by a little over 722,000 votes.  It has been well publicized that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken a lot of heat from the gay community for its [...]

Were Not Ten Cleansed?

In Luke chapter 17, there is a story about ten lepers.
All 10 lifted up their voice and called out to Christ for help,
He commanded all 10 of them to go and preform the prescribed formalities of the Church,
He cleansed all 10 of them.
However, only 1 of the 10, a Samaritan, returned, fell at Jesus’ feet, [...]