As Ukrainian refugees streamed into Europe, people near and far looked for a way to help. I'm at Deseret, writing about one crowdsourced site for opening your hope to those in needs, and discussing what that practice can look like far from a war zone. When need comes knocking, it changes the way we see… Read More
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The Olympic Disciplines that Destroy the Body
I'm at Deseret, making my case against a number of Winter Olympic sports that destroy bodies, rather than reveal their excellence. Ladies' quads in figure skating are particularly destructive. Quads don’t work for older skaters. The physics get hard once a skater is past puberty and begins to develop a woman’s body. Restrictive eating can… Read More
There’s No Neutral Answer to When Life Begins
For my first piece in Deseret News, I'm analyzing a line of argument in Dobbs, claiming that that the question of when life begins is beyond what government can answer. But this question isn't uniquely the domain of religion—everyone needs to be able to furnish and defend an answer. Where a loose consensus prevails, it… Read More