All this discussion about emotion led me to a fairly obvious question: How can I justify, with rationality and intelligence, my five-plus decades love affair with the only woman I have ever loved, outside my biological family?

I am faced with an ongoing and nagging dilemma, and some fairly serious related questions...

"One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 313, 1976 edition)

Here is yet another example of elementary prose all tangled up and tripping over itself in a failed effort to inject emotion and expel clear thinking about important principles.
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The other day I had a conversation with a neighbor, at the conclusion of which I was greatly saddened.

In an effort to make my list of my favorite news sites more accessible, I have separated my introductory comments, to this post.

A pop-culture relic of 1997 is making a comeback, as they sometimes do. Updated and typos fixed 2/1/26.

Updated 2/8/2026

Revised and updated. Originally posted 10/12/2020. My understanding of the last days time period, (since the Spring of 1820), includes an increasingly significant influence of evil. No surprise there. This is not a subject deserving of much dwelling, but the evils that relentlessly bombard us, demand at least, some attention. 

Part 2 builds upon Part 1 which would be profitable to read first. Originally posted 11/01/2020. Success in mortality requires us to walk with Christ and defeat evil. Mortality is messy and "...the miscreants have mis-identified a lighthouse, they thought was a mythical rowboat. The degree to which modern society underestimates God is, by orders of magnitude, astounding." Enjoy! 

Revised and updated. Originally posted 11/01/2020 as a part of Part 2, which got a bit long. We continue with the final installment, Part 3. To walk with Christ is to walk with Liberty, and diminish the influence of evil among us.

So, what's the big deal about honor, anyway?