Monthly Archives: June 2019

Man Sprays House With Gunfire, Hitting Woman in Head: Another Commenter Posits That He Would Have “Taken the Law Into [His] Own Hands”—A Comment on Possibly-Illegitimate Self-Help Versus Legitimate Self-Defense By Ken K. Gourdin Early on the morning of June … Continue reading →

An Autobiographical Note: My Experience With School Electoral Politics—and Loss By Ken K. Gourdin At his blog Sic et non at Patheos, Brigham Young University (Provo) Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies Dan Peterson posted an autobiographical note sharing how … Continue reading →

Reflections for Father’s Day 2019  By Ken K. Gourdin While I’m still my only child (and am likely to remain so), I would be remiss if I allowed the day to pass without at least a brief reflection on the … Continue reading →

Is What We Say Really That Much More Important Than What We Do?  A Thought on the Topsy-Turvy World in Which We Live By Ken K. Gourdin Lord knows that more than a few times, I have been the victim … Continue reading →

Ex Ante Judgment of Officer May Complicate Investigation of Incident By Ken K. Gourdin An officer with Woods Cross UT police department pointed a gun at a young man who matched the general description of one of two robbery suspects … Continue reading →

Firefighters Salvage Painting from Burned Meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Cynical Public Relations Ploy, or Something More? By Ken K. Gourdin In the 187th Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day … Continue reading →

A Few Thoughts on the “Why-Should-I-Care-What-Anyone-Else-Does-if-Noone-Else-is-Harmed?” Argument By Ken K. Gourdin A poster of something of a libertarian bent at Mormon Dialogue and Discussion [sic] said he voted for the measure legalizing recreational marijuana use in Washington state, maintaining that … Continue reading →

Controlling Murderer’s (Now-Former) Girlfriend Goes “Off Script”—With Tragic Consequences for His Victims By Ken K. Gourdin Jerrod William Baum faces first degree murder charges for allegedly killing teenagers Riley Powell and Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson when he encountered the teens with … Continue reading →

Does the City of Las Vegas or the State of Nevada Owe Former NFL Star OJ Simpson an Apology? By Ken K. Gourdin National Football League Hall-of-Fame running back OJ Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nichole Brown, and … Continue reading →

The Saga of a Boy Named Becky By Ken K. Gourdin Steven Ray Becky has been charged with several felonies and misdemeanors after purposefully plowing his car into a young girl as she walked her scooter up the side of … Continue reading →