Author: Jesse

Spam Wars: Making Spam Illegal in Utah 15

Spam Wars: Making Spam Illegal in Utah

Much like the woman in the famous Monty Python skit, I don't like spam. Unlike her, I'm talking about the almost unstoppable flow of unsolicited email messages advertising new mortgages, "male enhancement" pills, online gaming and a host of other...

Happy Independence Day 4

Happy Independence Day

In the same vein of Thanksgiving, here's a famous speech to help put things into perspective between that 4th hamburger and 6th box of sparklers. Let us never forget that 57 brave men pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor...

Recipe: Moroccan Chickpea Soup 1

Recipe: Moroccan Chickpea Soup

If you've never been to a Moroccan restaurant before, you have no idea how much you're missing out. North African cuisine is very under-represented and yet is some of the tastiest stuff you'll ever eat. Fragrant and spicy without sending...

Mark Towner Withdraws Threat of Legal Action, Remains a Spammer 14

Mark Towner Withdraws Threat of Legal Action, Remains a Spammer

As of this morning, the threat of legal action by Mark Towner has been withdrawn. Through further e-mail conversations, I have the following facts to add: Mark claims he got most of his e-mail addresses from attendees of GOP functions...

Mark Towner Threatens to Sue Me 36

Mark Towner Threatens to Sue Me

I received the following in my inbox this morning. It was also posted as an open letter on Mr. Towner's website. Dear Mr. Harris, You indicate that I have stolen a mailing list from Utah Policy Daily. You also indicate...

Our Worst Fears Realized 8

Our Worst Fears Realized

Despite a few isolated incidents involving stolen paper towels, our dogs have been pretty good at staying out the garbage. Well, until tonight that is… Annabelle's spending the rest of the evening locked outside.

The Day the Music Died 4

The Day the Music Died

Your speakers are working; it's Yahoo! Radio that isn't. In protest of exorbitant new royalty fees set to go into effect Real Soon Now(TM), thousands of Internet radio broadcasters are protesting today with a day of silence. Their beef? That...

Vouchers: An Alternative Endgame 5

Vouchers: An Alternative Endgame

I wonder if Jonah Goldberg knew how much gasoline he was throwing onto the voucher fire in Utah when he penned this recent editorial calling for the end of public schools. Davis County Watch picked up on it almost immediately...

Could Liquid Coal Fuel be the Future? 3

Could Liquid Coal Fuel be the Future?

Coal is the energy source we all love and hate at the same time. On the one hand, there's about a 600-year supply of it at current consumption rates, it produces a lot of very cheap energy and is responsible...