I was thirteen years old when Ronald Reagan was first elected. I had already become interested in politics before that time -- I remember rooting for Ford in the 1976 election -- but because Reagan's time in office spanned my teenage years, he's the President who most influenced me as I was growing up. What I remember most about him... read more »

I just got out from the movie, and I was not disappointed. If you liked the first two, you should like this one.

... to see a 12:01am showing of the latest Harry Potter movie. I arrived a little after 9pm, and already there were about 100 people in line. At least I brought a book to read: Prime Obsession, by John Derbyshire.

Today's Crossroads Journal, a biweekly newspaper serving Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs, published an article about me. (Basically, they just published a press release sent by the PR firm doing publicity for Writers of the Future.) (UPDATE: I just want to make clear that this is not about a new story I've sold, it's about my first story sale, which... read more »

Over at Times & Seasons, Adam Greenwood has a post in which he discusses his admiration for George Washington. That reminded me of this essay I wrote back in 1999, so I figured now was a good time to recycle it: The English have picked William Shakespeare as England's "Man of the Millennium." That started me thinking about who should... read more »

This is a test of my new script to convert an email into a blog entry. I'm using my camera phone to do this.

To test my video blogging, here is my nephew, who is visiting from Texas. Watch video. (You may need the latest version of Apple Quicktime Player.)

Since I know I have blog readers who might want to travel between Salt Lake City and Washington, DC, I thought I'd mention that Travelocity is offering probably the lowest fare I've seen for the trip: $142.50 including taxes and fees. Don't know how long the sale will last. (UPDATE: It's over.) Now, if I just had a reason to... read more »

My brother Jonathan has an excellent post on his blog about McDonald's and media bias. Umm... I don't mean that his whole blog is centered around McDonald's and media bias. That would be rather obsessive of him. I just mean that he has a post on the subject of McDonald's and media bias. Why are you still reading this? Go... read more »

I'm not going to turn this into a political blog, but I've decided that having a separate blog for political issues just isn't practical. So I will include my occasional political musings here.