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I. Introduction 
The cyber universe,[1] like the real universe, is expanding.  Functions, applications, and uses grow daily as more people become computer literate. With every year that has passed since the early 1950s, the real world has become more reliant upon the virtual or cyber world. Since the advent of the Internet[2] and wireless communication,[3] a [...]

SCHOOLMARMERY, SUCCESS-MONGERY, AND SYCOPHANCY
by Paul Toscano 
In the last 25 years, America has become more conservative. This starboard list is evidenced (1) by an intensifying hostility toward abortion and homosexuality that is intolerant of the individual freedom and privacy of many citizens; (2) by a spreading obsession with material success that results in waste of the [...]

The local economy is improving.  There’s a surplus in the State coffers.  But poverty remains one of Utah’s most intractable social problems.
The number of Utah’s poor depends on the poverty measurement applied to an average Utah household (surprisingly, 3.12 persons).  The federal poverty level standard (“FPL”)– which has not be changed since 1964—counts as [...]

The controversy between evolutionists and the advocates of intelligent-design is frustrating.  The debate inspires thoughtless rejection and acceptance of both religion and science with little consideration for larger issues. The debate often obscures the fact that religion asks why, while science asks how.  For the most part, evolution explains how humans were created. Religion, and [...]

            My friend Tim used to tell a high school football story.  One night the team got drunk.  With Tim (an abstinent Mormon) as designated driver, most of the team managed to stuff themselves into a van and make their way to a local gay bar.  After pumping themselves into a rage and finishing off [...]