Sparks Commentary

Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Debating and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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This post was written for fellow members of  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , although anyone is welcome to read it if th...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Why philosophy is relevant to fellow conservatives

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalien...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

A review of PBS's “Truman” movie

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"The Buck Stops Here." - A sign on Truman's desk in the Oval Office It might seem strange to hear a Republican like me s...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Why I'm glad that I learned French

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“English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in a...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

The most fascinating man in American history

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"My family is American , and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral." - Opening lines of "P...

A review of “Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior President”

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"The war between the States was a very bloody and a very costly war. One side or the other had to yield principles they deemed dearer...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Ben-Hur: My favorite Hollywood movie of all time

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"And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS ." - ...
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By training, I am a business major with a concentration in marketing, and a certificate in economics. I originally wanted to do market research for businesses because I enjoyed the social science aspects of marketing, and I have studied psychology a little on my own; but I now wonder if this will ever be my field. I have also taken a fair amount of communications classes, because I thought about grad school in advertising or public relations (or even business & economic journalism), but I'm not sure I will ever do these things. (I'm glad I studied them just the same, though.) By inclination, I learn about a lot of other things in my spare time. For example, I am a history buff, an aspiring polyglot, an amateur linguist, a political philosopher (after a fashion), and a student of the Bible. Most of the things I study on my own these days have something to do with one of these subjects (or sometimes even more than one), and I write about many of them on my blog. So my actual profession is … you guessed it … a math tutor! Not what you'd expect, right? (Not what I would have expected, either … )
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