Mark Paredes has offended me. 

I don’t know Mark Paredes.  Until this weekend, I’d never heard of Mark Paredes, and in the great eternal scheme of things, what Mark Paredes does or says or thinks or writes shouldn’t make a whole lot of difference to me.  But offend me he has, and in the spirit of the Lord’s counsel in Doctrine and Covenants 42:90-91, I offer this brief but public chastening to my offending brother.

I’m offended, but not for the reason you think.

Unlike politicians today, Theodore Roosevelt told the American people what he thought.  Here are a few of my favorite Theodore Roosevelt quotes:

When I marched down to the city office building in Brigham City to change my party affiliation, I couldn't help reflect on how much I had changed in twenty years. How is it that someone goes from being a Rush Limbaugh listening, fourth generation Republican, to becoming a member of the Democratic Party?