The anarchist and the counter culture

“You still aren’t over it”, Jory said to me.  “You are really cool about it… but every now and then when the topic comes up, you still have a reaction. You still have some things to work out before you are totally at peace with it”. My dear friend Jory was talking to me about […]

Victory Lap

Do you ever wonder about those people who just seem to be larger than life? I do.  I want to be one of them. I’m not gonna risk looking pretentious to you and pretentiously claim that I don’t want to be a bad ass. We all know of one of these kind of people:  They […]

Sins of the Parents visited upon their Children

Let’s talk about that song that we all love to hate: “Daughters” by John Mayer: Fathers be good to your daughters Daughters will love like you do Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers So mothers be good to your daughters too – John Mayer, “Daughters” They say that sometimes when you hate something, it’s […]

Anti-anti Mormon

Hi, I’m Paul Duane. I was born and raised in Utah, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During high school, I served in lots of youth church leadership positions, including the Logan High Seminary Council. I have a famous Mormon Pioneer ancestor. All of my grandparents are return missionaries […]