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While Ellis Parker fought to stay out of prison, Paul Wendel had gone from a small-time wanted man and petty criminal to a celebrity. He had achieved that most valuable moral high ground, victim status, and he was determined to make it pay off. One of the many ironies of the Parker-Wendel affair is that for all the talk of how Parker and Hoffman expected to profit from it, the only person who was able to cash in was Wendel himself. He wasted no time doing so.
— John Reisinger, Master Detective p. 275Pages
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
The Public Square Segregated
I read and then replied to some comments on somebody’s note on Facebook regarding the LDS Church’s involvement in the Proposition 8 campaign. I feel it is worthwhile to share that discussion with a broader audience. Here’s how it went:
Brian wrote:
I do not, however, agree that the Mormon church played only a minor role in [...]
Posted in church, proposition 8 4 Comments
Familiar Territory
My sincere apologies, friends, but I must impose upon your eyes, web browsers, and feed readers yet again because there now wells up within me that ancient anger against injustice that has boiled the blood of many a Mormon before me. Now, don’t get me wrong: this is familiar territory for us Mormons. Once again, [...]
Posted in gospel, proposition 8 3 Comments
Obamanymy
One of the great things about the impending presidency of Barack Hussein Obama is that his name is awesome. I guess that’s what you get when your last name begins with an open syllable (meaning that it starts with a vowel). I predict that a whole new subfield of onomasticsW dedicated to the study of [...]
Posted in linguistics, politics, rock rock on 3 Comments
The Voice of the People
Had I gotten my address updated and my absentee ballot arrived in the mail, I would have either voted for John McCain, or abstained on account of my concerns over Palin’s qualifications. But most of America was more responsible than I was, and they voted. And they voted decisively.
John McCain’s concession speech was magnanimous (though [...]
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In Praise of Quixotic Quests