Category Archives: Current Events

Cancel Culture is a Detriment to Society

I have had it with “cancel culture!” It is not that it has gone too far, it is that it should never have existed in the first place. Consider Wikipedia’s explanation: “Cancel culture (or call-out culture) is a modern form … Continue reading

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Status for COVID-19 Measures

Leaders around the world are taking additional steps to combat the COVID pandemic. Our friends in Europe began a couple of weeks ago, now the state of Utah is getting into the action. Luckily, the measures taken here by Governor … Continue reading

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Former BYU Professor Misuses Previous Association

A letter from Frank W. Fox addressed to “Arizona Mormons” is being circulated on social media and around the country. It has been picked up by various news outlets in the West such as the Salt Lake Tribune as well … Continue reading

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COVID-19 Around the World

Click on the link below to interact with a chart from an interesting site. It is possible to look at what is going on with COVID-19 around the world with various lock-down strategies. Mouse over the country names to see … Continue reading

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The Trump “Dossier”

A friend’s post on Facebook this weekend expressed their appreciation for a sign at the Women’s March they attended, which stated: “Golden showers bring impeachment flowers.” I responded, “Perhaps those flowers will be no more real than the made-up showers? … Continue reading

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BYU Students Support Bernie Sanders?

BYU’s The Daily Universe recently conducted a ‘Feel the Bern’: Poll that showed “BYU students prefer socialist Sanders” over all other candidates:   It turns out that the results have been removed, due to objections raised that pointed out that … Continue reading

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Recent Media Coverage

BYU recently published a press release on the work we have been doing in the lab I direct at BYU, the ARCLITE Lab. ARCLITE stands for Advanced Research in Curriculum for Language Instruction and Technology in Education. For sure, that is … Continue reading

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