Monthly Archives: April 2015

Response to “Any Good Cops”

Davis is correct in some respects, misses mark in others By Ken K. Gourdin This responds to BYU political science professor Richard Davis’s April 15 commentary. [See the following address, last accessed April 26, 2015: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865626463/Any-good-cops-patrolling-the-streets-Recent-new-stories-make-us-wonder-2-and-thats-not-good-for.html?pg=all%5D. Davis leaves implicit some … Continue reading

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Unusual Deadly Force

Thoughts on an Unusual Instance of Police Use of Deadly Force to Neutralize an Armed Suspect By Ken K. Gourdin Much has been made of a Marana, Arizona police officer’s choice use his vehicle to strike gun-toting suspect after the … Continue reading

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Jazz Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends About Coverage of the Utah Jazz By Ken K. Gourdin In response to a feature story by The Salt Lake Tribune’s Gordon Monson about the Utah Jazz’s laid-back and easygoing, yet surprisingly talented, Australian, Joe Ingles, I … Continue reading

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Spiritual Witness

Secular Evidence vs. a Spiritual Witness: Though the Latter is Indispensible to Believing the Truth Claims of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Does That Make the Former Irrelevant? Why I Don’t Think So By Ken K. Gourdin … Continue reading

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Christ Knows

Christ: “Man of Sorrows” and “Touched With the Feeling of Our Infirmities” By Ken K. Gourdin I must confess no small difficulty in understanding people who think that the All-Knowing, All-Loving, Lord of the Universe couldn’t possibly understand their problems. … Continue reading

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Living With Oneself

Living With Oneself: “The Abundance of a Man’s Life Consisteth Not in the Things Which He Possesseth” By Ken K. Gourdin I read the following story on line at SLTrib.com on April 3, 2015 (last accessed today) about a man … Continue reading

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Ends, Means, and Harry Reid

“He Didn’t Win, Did He?” Do the Ends Justify the Means for (Soon-to-be-Former) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid? By Ken K. Gourdin Offered the chance to moderate the comments he delivered on the Senate floor (a forum he chose deliberately … Continue reading

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