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You Made Me Ashamed to Work for Your Company
On May 14, 2021, I left my day job at a major health insurance company. This is the email I sent to the CEO before logging off.
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How the Shadow Army Mobilizes to Protect the Powerful
An early incident involving Neil Gaiman illustrates the almost unconscious way a group will come together to protect an icon from his own actions.
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A Former Mormon Missionary Watches “Heretic”
The new horror thriller offers a heady clash between opposing ideas about faith and belief. But how realistic is its depiction of LDS doctrine and…
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Money Changers in the Temple of Democracy
A godless atheist wonders what it would mean to live in a truly Christian nation, and proposes the modest first step that would imply.
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Words for a Room Full of Strangers
Are we the same people we were forty years ago? Some thoughts on what Mötley Crüe can teach us about navigating a high school class reunion.
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Dragged into Canada, Kicking and Screaming
Thirty-eight years have passed since I’ve been allowed to set foot in America’s neighbor to the north. I'd love to go back again, but only with a proper…
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A Comeback with the Ring of Truth
Confronted by a party guest with an axe to grind, I must flap my gums faster than they’ve flapped in my whole flippin’ life.
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The Cost of Self-Publishing, Part 1
Putting out my own book cost me plenty, both financially and personally. Was it worth it? Let's look at the numbers.
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The Golem
Mud thou art, and unto mud shalt thou return. Unless, that is, you're reckless enough to think you can transform yourself.
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Salt Crusted on Automotive Glass
Between me and the decadent majesty of the salmon-red cliffs of eastern Utah, a ghost landscape stands sentinel. A poem.
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The Long and Winding Road to Idaho
A homesick Mormon missionary embarks on an elaborate quest to get sent home without imperiling his soul. Easier said than done, on both counts.
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A Disciple of the Prophet Joseph Smith
In this excerpt from my memoir, a young LDS missionary under police interrogation begins to realize just how much trouble he’s facing.
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