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Kimball Shinkoskey

Woods Cross, Utah

Letter: It is difficult to argue against true democracy

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The Greeks have taken over China! According to reports, Xi Jinping told President Biden over the phone that the globe was heading inexorably toward autocracy and that he needed to get in step with it. Xi says the world is changing extremely fast, and a democracy that requires the consent of the people for every…

Letter: Where is the Church?

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With Robb Elementary added to Buffalo Tops in a week’s time, we have a furious pair of examples of untreated lawlessness and violence in America. Where is the Church in all of this? The Church has long preached on the importance of a higher law for its own members, but seems less interested in working…

Letter: Constitutional anarchy surges 

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The nightly TV news provides ongoing and certain evidence of our inability to live as a free and responsible people. We are confronted with story after story of lawless or reckless behavior with nary a solution ever proposed that has a reasonable chance of successful implementation. The government, conscious that some still believe it plays…

Letter: Children need proper parenting

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A well-intentioned mom titled her opinion piece in a Wyoming newspaper, “Instead of molding kids, behold them.” This philosophy of child rearing suggests children are born with all the equipment they need to negotiate the treacherous terrain of the modern American world. Just let them be, and see what happens.  However, it turns out, kids…

Letter: Teach the Bible in public schools

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Every day Americans scurry off in winter darkness to work physical construction sites and business-as-usual office settings. But where are folks scurrying off to work on social construction programs to build a better society and renew our nation’s traditional commitment to ethical living? We are bending our ingenuity to perfect drone use, green materials, and…

Letter: Abandoning law

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It has become apparent to anyone with a little gray hair that society from top to bottom has fallen for the Beatle philosophy of “Let it be.” Don’t interfere with whatever folks want to do. When they get deep into what used to be called aberrant behavior like adultery, gambling, prostitution, bankruptcy, drug abuse/alcoholism, or…

Letter: Why don’t the churches speak out?

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Why are the churches silent today? Jesus wasn’t. (Neither was Moses) Jesus stepped into the public square and took a position related to pressing matters like disease prevention, high interest rates charged to the poor, discrimination, violent factions, empire building, fair taxation, and big government. Then the issue in prevention was widespread “demon” infestation, today…