What? Do the Palestinians have his original birth certificate or something? For the record, I am not a birther, but one can only wonder why Obama feels so compelled to give them this aid.

I googled "BYU commencement speakers" and found a list of dozens of speakers going back a few decades and have given commencement speeches at BYU. http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=192 While the majority of speakers are from the ranks of LDS church leadership, note that not all have been. Vice President Richard Cheney, the author of a Wrinkle in Time, and the wife of Egyptian President Sadat have all given commencement speeches at BYU in addition to many others not labelled as coming from church leadership who may or may not be LDS. A commencement speech is not a liturgy and doesn't need to be regarded as such to be effective at congratulating students as they begin their professional life.

A year or so ago, I might have argued that government is better when it comes to taking care of criminals. Now, I am not so sure. Yes, I do believe that people need to be punished for their actions and courts and jails are necessary. But, the justice system does a lousy job of improving the moral character of those it incarcerates. This is why clergy in prisons are so important. I am struggling raising a troubled teenager. I am finding more success the farther away from the justice system I keep him. While I am by no means feeling like I am out of the woods, getting professional support from people who have an underlying moral character rooted in a belief and hope in God and his Son has done more for my son than court ever could.

What they "do" is hire people to make products thereby earning a lot of money and giving to charities they support. To assume they are giving as a form of atonement for the sin of causing cancer is ridiculous. It is not your place to judge their heart.

I'm hoping all this binging on vacations is coming because they realize that this lavish lifestyle will end soon. Might us well enjoy the perks now, while they still can.

And that is why Ann has been working over time to get support for Romney with the conservative base. She doesn't want him to lose.

Time to campaign for your favorite Senators and Congressmen. Instead of giving Romney an overwhelmingly Democratic legislature like he had in Massachusetts, give him some stalwart Republicans in D.C.

Yes, folks. It is time to unite. Or we could be divided and conquered. Mitt is not Obama-lite. Obama is ideologically driven and Romney is more a pragmatic, solution driven kind of guy. His willingness to look at all sides of an issue is a double-edged sword. He comes up with practical solutions and over time I think has seen the evidence of the winning nature of conservatism while giving people the notion of him as a flip-flopper. I will take him any day over Obama. Since Santorum and Gingrich and Paul don't have a chance to do anything but act the spoiler, it is time to unite.

Let's ban a few more words as well. Totally unnecessary concepts: Teaching Learning Thinking Understanding

Two recent Romney moments with citizen questioners give me some hope. One, the gay veteran who asked about gay marriage and Romney stood his ground. Two, the woman who asked for free birth control and Romney told her if she wanted free stuff to "vote for the other guy." Romney was nice about it both times and didn't pander to their ideology to get their votes.