Today, I thought I would go back and do a little fact checking about the history of Thanksgiving. The following are some thoughts and reflections about this holiday. Many trace the modern history of Thanksgiving to a letter written in 1621 by Edward...

Part 1 of 1 in the series Paper Money The following is the first in a series of articles exploring the history and effects of paper money. Thomas Paine is well known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States as well as an author and...

Tonight I came across Connor Boyack’s post that contains the full text of a First Presidency letter to the United States Treasury in 1941. This is one of those rare posts which deserve to be read top to bottom, given its length. Here is how it...

This last week I happened across an article by Brian R. Mecham which contained Thomas S. Monson’s comments at the funeral of W. Cleon Skousen in January 2006.1 At the time of the funeral, Thomas S. Monson served as the First Counselor in the First...

A couple weeks ago, I came across an article written about the effects of the American welfare state.1 Its provocative title immediately caught my attention since it seemed related to previous posts.2 The article is a review of Edgar K. Browning’s...