A life in words

  • Mormonism Unveiled! (Again!)

    A Harvard Latter-day Saint girl named Rachel Esplin explains Mormonism in the above video. I appreciate the open-minded faith, the awareness of the dogma vs. doctrine distinction, and the ability to explain and connect.

  • Overheard in the Atrium

    In a nod to my friend Emily’s recent post, I’m going to describe something interesting I observed in the Harold B. Lee library last night. There I was on the first floor of the atrium, the big, three-story glass enclosure with trees and ferns and seats for studying. All was peaceful, I was happily being…

  • Bang!

    He was backed into a corner. The Apache Kid’s tenure as sheriff had been a rocky one, to be sure, but it was only as three consecutive bullets ripped into his abdomen, flopping him on the ground against the back of the player piano (“Maple Leaf Rag” still playing), that he finally thought the end…

The principal difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed in constituting this Representative Assembly. It should be in miniature, an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason, and act like them. That it may be the interest of this Assembly to do strict justice at all times, it should be an equal representation, or in other words equal interest among the people should have equal interest in it. Great care should be taken to effect this, and to prevent unfair, partial, and corrupt elections.John Adams, Thoughts on Government, April 1776