We are surrounded by excellence with one glaring exception - our public discourse is filled with ignorance, incivility, error, and emotion.

Our society has shifted to a moral system that justifies reparations to the descendants of not slaves, but slaveholders.

Shame drives behavior underground, creates taboos, and does little to address root causes. Plus it's a cop-out.

Instances of Failure to Launch are increasing. What lessons might we learn from an ancient culture?

Water Canyon was the site of our first "siblings" rappelling trip, a beautiful place to laugh together and strengthen relationships.

Is Lincoln's declaration, "if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher," relevant in our day?

Our family took Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages Quiz and a great discussion ensued.

An encounter with a young neighbor got me thinking about our education system.

Critical theory is compelling because it calls attention to injustice, but fails because its prescription is divisive and totalitarian.

The siren call of change echos all around us. How are we to answer?

On July 10, 2020, Utah governor Gary Herbert (R) declared a state of emergency in Salt Lake City, the state's capital after protestors...

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~Lao...

Truth and reality have to pass through our imperfect senses and intellect. Who's to say they arrive intact? That's the pickle.

President Calvin Coolidge's perspective on the Declaration and prescription for progress are just as timely today.

Every civilization is comprised of interlocking moral, political, and economic layers that build on each other.