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  • 44 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Mormonism, Utah and Equal Opportunity

    44 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Mormonism, Utah and Equal Opportunity

    Posted on November 5, 2012 | 19 Comments
    Utah is a state where, if you're poor, your neighbors will bake you cookies, and then cheerfully go the ballot box and vote to take away any hope of your children having the same opportunities as their children.

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  • (Near) Death by Supposed-to’s

    Posted on December 14, 2011 | 16 Comments
    I am realizing these days that I do a LOT of stuff because I’m supposed to. Mel calls this her “approval whore,” which is a hilariously apt description. I do a lot of things at church that I’m supposed to do. I do even more […]

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  • A System

    Posted on May 14, 2011 | 7 Comments
    In the 2000 Christopher Nolan film Memento, the central character (Leonard) has a big problem with his memory. After an accident an indeterminable amount of time ago, he is unable to form new memories, and while he feels he has a good recollection of everything […]

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