Category Archives: Blogging the Rambler

I hate it when blinkered, tunnel-visioned investment advisors come out with advice that works if you are buying what they are selling, but not in the real world. For example, this commentary (click)  by some guy who says that owning … Read More

Interesting controversy today (click) about Rep. Scott Jenkins (R-Plain City) saying that troops get enough support and why should everyone else pay their property taxes? He makes an interesting argument — they volunteered, they knew the cost, what’s their beef? … Read More

Boy, you give them a little pat on the head, the turn around and bite you. The Legislature showed common sense in not pushing “personhood,” but now it’s showing a distinct lack of common sense in voting to limit cities’ … Read More

Yeah, I know, hard to believe. It is absolutely amazing. A member of the Utah Legislature has dropped a whacko distracting guaranteed-to-draw-a-lawsuit bill. Sen. Aaron Osmond has dropped any plans to propose a “personhood” bill. The bill, as I described … Read More

I see where the Supreme Court will be hearing California’s Proposition 8 law banning gay marriage after a lower court overturned it. What I found intersting was this commentery (click) in the New York Times about a proposed boycott of … Read More

No, I don’t feel especially sorry for Mitt Romney. The guy is a big money Eastern elite type and, after years of hearing the Tea Party slam those types of people, I finally see one in the flesh and have … Read More

In keeping with the spirit of Thursday’s column (click) on Salt Lake City being declared the gayest city in the nation, I’m passing along a note I got from some group in California promoting same-sex couple families. I got an email … Read More

I see where Cache County just got a bucket load of federal money (click!) to repair damage from last springs runoff. Said it before, will say it again: This sort of federal socialistic money sharing to help people who obviously don’t … Read More

I have been reluctant to write any columns about the police shooting in Ogden that killed Officer Francom because I don’t have anything constructive to add to the conversation and don’t know any of the facts of the case. Nobody … Read More