Lecturer | Linguist | language researcher | PhD Candidate in Complex Systems
Today I got the word that my good friend Arturo Loarca had passed away. He was in his 60s. It was way too soon for him to go. I haven’t seen him in about 6 months because of the pandemic.
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Never in my life would I think that people would believe that limiting speech would be a virtue. Unfortunately, this is our sad state of affairs. It reminds me of the movie I, Robot. In the 2004 Will Smith movie,
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Cancel culture is in full force and is sweeping the world like cancer it is. Dr. Seuss and the former spuds that were Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head are the latest victims. Unfortunately, a large number of companies and people
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One of my favorite conferences to attend is LibertyCon. It is an annual event that focuses on how problems can be solved with more liberty. I love this event. Even more, I am very excited to see many professors I
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In a world of shifting values and relative moralism, it has been said that there are in reality, no limits to government. We are simply limited by what is convenient at the moment and what the people vote in. This
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Tonight, my daughters and I watched a scary movie together. It did its job. They were scared. Afterward, as they were snuggling into their beds I stood outside their door and made some scary noises and wished them a good
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Being an open and unapologetic Christian often brings mockery and hostility. I’ve seen a lot of it, especially in my line of work in academia and the sciences. I remember a colleague of mine told me “you’re a very intelligent
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This has bee a long week. In September two of my children’s passports expired and Wendy’s was filled up. I was supposed to leave for the USA in may 2020 but because of COVID-19 I had to postpone out plans.
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I wrote yesterday of Trump’s defense team and their linguistic defense. It was great. Today, the Senate voted to acquit Trump. It was the correct decision for at least three reasons. Casting doubt on the election process is well within
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to help the mission with transfers. We left at 4:00am to go pickup a sister that was starting her mission and bring down an elder serving in her area. We left the city and were
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