Action HB315: Teaching Kids that Life Exists in the Womb
Teaching children that life exists in the womb.
https://www.defendingutah.org/post/2026/03/04/action-hb315-teaching-kids-that-life-exists-in-the-womb/
Teaching children that life exists in the womb.
https://www.defendingutah.org/post/2026/03/04/action-hb315-teaching-kids-that-life-exists-in-the-womb/
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When Citizens Enter the Iron County Planning Commission Hearing Expecting Legislative Debate, They Meet Administrative Law
"The moment it hits you
Imagine walking into an Iron County Planning Commission Public Hearing thinking you’re about to do what citizens in a republic are supposed to do: debate the merits of a major policy decision that will affect land, water, power, safety, and the future of your community.
You get your notes ready. You’ve prepared arguments. You’re expecting a “law-making” forum—something like a mini-legislature where the public weighs in and elected representatives decide.
Then the first cold splash of reality comes:
https://ironcountynews.org/when-citizens-enter-the-iron-county-planning-commission-hearing-expecting-legislative-debate-they-meet-administrative-law/
"The moment it hits you
Imagine walking into an Iron County Planning Commission Public Hearing thinking you’re about to do what citizens in a republic are supposed to do: debate the merits of a major policy decision that will affect land, water, power, safety, and the future of your community.
You get your notes ready. You’ve prepared arguments. You’re expecting a “law-making” forum—something like a mini-legislature where the public weighs in and elected representatives decide.
Then the first cold splash of reality comes:
“This is not a debate.”
“This is a public hearing on an application.”
“We can only consider the criteria in the ordinance.”
“That’s outside the scope.”
“Please keep comments to the standards.”
https://ironcountynews.org/when-citizens-enter-the-iron-county-planning-commission-hearing-expecting-legislative-debate-they-meet-administrative-law/
Rewatching The Skulls Through A Moral Lens
"The timing for this lens matters. With renewed public attention on Epstein records, elite networks, and the way leverage can operate through access, secrecy, and compromised relationships, people are again asking how power actually works behind the public script. Recent reporting shows the U.S. Justice Department has released millions of internal Epstein-related documents and that debates about intelligence ties/blackmail theories remain highly contested, with many allegations circulating but key claims still disputed or unproven in the public record. (Reuters)
That is exactly why The Skulls is worth revisiting—not as a documentary, but as a moral parable about how elite systems recruit, bind, and control."
https://ironcountynews.org/rewatching-the-skulls-through-a-moral-lens/
"The timing for this lens matters. With renewed public attention on Epstein records, elite networks, and the way leverage can operate through access, secrecy, and compromised relationships, people are again asking how power actually works behind the public script. Recent reporting shows the U.S. Justice Department has released millions of internal Epstein-related documents and that debates about intelligence ties/blackmail theories remain highly contested, with many allegations circulating but key claims still disputed or unproven in the public record. (Reuters)
That is exactly why The Skulls is worth revisiting—not as a documentary, but as a moral parable about how elite systems recruit, bind, and control."
https://ironcountynews.org/rewatching-the-skulls-through-a-moral-lens/
Why the Iran War Feels So Familiar (Iraq 2.0)
"Iraq déjà vu, Wesley Clark’s “7 countries,” PNAC, and the Republic vs. Empire Divide
If the war with Iran feels like Iraq all over again, it’s because the structure of the sales pitch is the same. Different faces, different headlines, but the same post-9/11 “grand strategy” mindset—what people often shorthand as Wesley Clark + PNAC—keeps reappearing in new packaging."
https://ironcountynews.org/why-the-iran-war-feels-so-familiar-iraq-2-0/
"Iraq déjà vu, Wesley Clark’s “7 countries,” PNAC, and the Republic vs. Empire Divide
If the war with Iran feels like Iraq all over again, it’s because the structure of the sales pitch is the same. Different faces, different headlines, but the same post-9/11 “grand strategy” mindset—what people often shorthand as Wesley Clark + PNAC—keeps reappearing in new packaging."
https://ironcountynews.org/why-the-iran-war-feels-so-familiar-iraq-2-0/
The Iraq War Was Not Sold With One Argument. It Was Sold With a Chain of Phrases
"The pattern is the point. The Iraq War was not sold with one argument that remained intact. It was sold with a moving chain of phrases, each one stepping forward as the last one weakened. That is why tracing the language matters: it reveals not only what the public was told, but how the story changed when reality refused to cooperate."
https://ironcountynews.org/the-iraq-war-was-not-sold-with-one-argument-it-was-sold-with-a-chain-of-phrases/
"The pattern is the point. The Iraq War was not sold with one argument that remained intact. It was sold with a moving chain of phrases, each one stepping forward as the last one weakened. That is why tracing the language matters: it reveals not only what the public was told, but how the story changed when reality refused to cooperate."
https://ironcountynews.org/the-iraq-war-was-not-sold-with-one-argument-it-was-sold-with-a-chain-of-phrases/
Message from a US Marine.
What would George Washington say?
We live in a world where pedophiles run the government, pedophiles start wars in the name of America, and those same pedophiles break the arms of veterans with no consequences. Ether chapter 8 is in full force on the public stage.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVjnRf7Dvl9
What would George Washington say?
We live in a world where pedophiles run the government, pedophiles start wars in the name of America, and those same pedophiles break the arms of veterans with no consequences. Ether chapter 8 is in full force on the public stage.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVjnRf7Dvl9
Collectivism: The Idea That Places the Group Above the Individual
"Before socialism becomes policy or interventionism becomes foreign strategy, both grow from a deeper philosophical root: collectivism.
Collectivism is the belief that the individual ultimately belongs to the group—whether that group is called society, the state, the nation, the race, or the collective good. In this view, the rights and interests of the individual are secondary to the needs of the larger social body. The group defines the purpose of the individual rather than the individual defining his own purpose.
Philosopher Ayn Rand described the principle clearly:
“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests.”
https://ironcountynews.org/collectivism-the-idea-that-places-the-group-above-the-individual/
"Before socialism becomes policy or interventionism becomes foreign strategy, both grow from a deeper philosophical root: collectivism.
Collectivism is the belief that the individual ultimately belongs to the group—whether that group is called society, the state, the nation, the race, or the collective good. In this view, the rights and interests of the individual are secondary to the needs of the larger social body. The group defines the purpose of the individual rather than the individual defining his own purpose.
Philosopher Ayn Rand described the principle clearly:
“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests.”
https://ironcountynews.org/collectivism-the-idea-that-places-the-group-above-the-individual/
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Socialism: How Collectivism Expands the Administrative State
"Collectivism begins as a philosophical idea: the belief that the needs of the group take precedence over the rights of the individual. Once that idea gains acceptance, it naturally leads to political systems that expand government authority in order to manage society in the name of the collective good.
The most common domestic expression of collectivism is socialism.
Socialism does not always appear in its most extreme form—where the state directly owns all industries and controls every aspect of economic life. In modern democracies, it often emerges gradually through expanding regulations, government programs, and centralized administrative control."
https://ironcountynews.org/socialism-how-collectivism-expands-the-administrative-state/
"Collectivism begins as a philosophical idea: the belief that the needs of the group take precedence over the rights of the individual. Once that idea gains acceptance, it naturally leads to political systems that expand government authority in order to manage society in the name of the collective good.
The most common domestic expression of collectivism is socialism.
Socialism does not always appear in its most extreme form—where the state directly owns all industries and controls every aspect of economic life. In modern democracies, it often emerges gradually through expanding regulations, government programs, and centralized administrative control."
https://ironcountynews.org/socialism-how-collectivism-expands-the-administrative-state/
Interventionism: The Foreign Policy Arm of Statism
"In the previous article we examined how collectivist philosophy can expand government power domestically through socialism and the growth of the administrative state. But Ludwig von Mises warned that statism does not operate in only one direction.
“Statism appears in two forms: socialism and interventionism. Both have in common the goal of subordinating the individual unconditionally to the state, the social apparatus of compulsion and coercion.”
— Ludwig von Mises
If socialism represents the domestic side of statism, interventionism represents its foreign-policy expression.
Interventionism is the belief that a nation must project power beyond its borders through military action, regime change, alliances, and geopolitical management. It frames global affairs as a responsibility of the state and often justifies expanding military institutions, intelligence agencies...."
https://ironcountynews.org/interventionism-the-foreign-policy-arm-of-statism/
"In the previous article we examined how collectivist philosophy can expand government power domestically through socialism and the growth of the administrative state. But Ludwig von Mises warned that statism does not operate in only one direction.
“Statism appears in two forms: socialism and interventionism. Both have in common the goal of subordinating the individual unconditionally to the state, the social apparatus of compulsion and coercion.”
— Ludwig von Mises
If socialism represents the domestic side of statism, interventionism represents its foreign-policy expression.
Interventionism is the belief that a nation must project power beyond its borders through military action, regime change, alliances, and geopolitical management. It frames global affairs as a responsibility of the state and often justifies expanding military institutions, intelligence agencies...."
https://ironcountynews.org/interventionism-the-foreign-policy-arm-of-statism/
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NeoConservatives: Changing American Politics
Why is it that no matter whether Democrats or Republicans win the presidency, our country continues to suffer? The answer to this question reveals a stealthy shift that has occurred in American politics involving both parties, resulting from a shift of the…
When Statism Converges: How Socialism and Interventionism Reshape Political Culture
"In the previous articles we explored two major expressions of statism: socialism and interventionism.
Two Paths, One Destination
In domestic politics, support for expanded government programs and regulatory control often arises from collectivist assumptions about economic fairness and social responsibility.
In foreign policy, support for military intervention often arises from collectivist assumptions about national duty, global leadership, and the defense of collective security.
These motivations may appear different, yet both elevate the authority of centralized institutions.
The result is a political environment where citizens increasingly align themselves with political tribes that defend the expansion of state power from different directions."
https://ironcountynews.org/when-statism-converges-how-socialism-and-interventionism-reshape-political-culture/
"In the previous articles we explored two major expressions of statism: socialism and interventionism.
Two Paths, One Destination
In domestic politics, support for expanded government programs and regulatory control often arises from collectivist assumptions about economic fairness and social responsibility.
In foreign policy, support for military intervention often arises from collectivist assumptions about national duty, global leadership, and the defense of collective security.
These motivations may appear different, yet both elevate the authority of centralized institutions.
The result is a political environment where citizens increasingly align themselves with political tribes that defend the expansion of state power from different directions."
https://ironcountynews.org/when-statism-converges-how-socialism-and-interventionism-reshape-political-culture/
Message from Enoch: The greatest misunderstanding and misinformation that goes around about the American system of government is that somehow the Constitution itself is the problem and/or that somehow the founders intended to create the system we have today. In contrast to this, I share this quote that was recently shared with me from the Foundation for Economic Education.
"No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no" and "not" employed in restraint of governmental power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights."
– Edmund A. Opitz, The Freeman [March 1965]
https://fee.org/articles/winner-take-all/
"No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no" and "not" employed in restraint of governmental power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights."
– Edmund A. Opitz, The Freeman [March 1965]
https://fee.org/articles/winner-take-all/
Foundation for Economic Education
Winner Take All
The Reverend Mr. Opitz of the Foundation staff is active as a lecturer and seminar leader.
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War in the Bible: When It Is Righteous, When It Becomes Evil, and Why Trust in God Matters
"The Bible does not treat war as automatically righteous simply because a nation claims necessity, wraps itself in patriotic language, or possesses the strength to fight. Neither does it present all force as inherently evil. Instead, Scripture draws moral lines. There are times when defense, deliverance, and lawful resistance to evil are legitimate. There are also times when violence becomes corrupt because it is driven by pride, conquest, revenge, oppression, cruelty, presumption, or trust in the arm of flesh rather than trust in the Lord.
From the Law to the historical books, from the Psalms and Prophets to the New Testament, the Bible keeps returning to the same pattern: God may authorize defense, justice, and deliverance, but He condemns bloodthirsty, arrogant, oppressive...."
https://ironcountynews.org/war-in-the-bible-when-it-is-righteous-when-it-becomes-evil-and-why-trust-in-god-matters/
"The Bible does not treat war as automatically righteous simply because a nation claims necessity, wraps itself in patriotic language, or possesses the strength to fight. Neither does it present all force as inherently evil. Instead, Scripture draws moral lines. There are times when defense, deliverance, and lawful resistance to evil are legitimate. There are also times when violence becomes corrupt because it is driven by pride, conquest, revenge, oppression, cruelty, presumption, or trust in the arm of flesh rather than trust in the Lord.
From the Law to the historical books, from the Psalms and Prophets to the New Testament, the Bible keeps returning to the same pattern: God may authorize defense, justice, and deliverance, but He condemns bloodthirsty, arrogant, oppressive...."
https://ironcountynews.org/war-in-the-bible-when-it-is-righteous-when-it-becomes-evil-and-why-trust-in-god-matters/
War in the Book of Mormon: When It Is Righteous, When It Becomes Evil, and Why God’s Protection Matters
"The Book of Mormon does not present war as something glorious in itself. It does not celebrate bloodshed, conquest, revenge, domination, or national pride for its own sake. Instead, it draws careful moral lines. It shows that there are times when war may be justified, especially in defense of life, family, liberty, religion, and peace, but it also warns that war becomes evil when it is driven by ambition, anger, revenge, pride, aggression, or the desire to destroy."
https://ironcountynews.org/war-in-the-book-of-mormon-when-it-is-righteous-when-it-becomes-evil-and-why-gods-protection-matters/
"The Book of Mormon does not present war as something glorious in itself. It does not celebrate bloodshed, conquest, revenge, domination, or national pride for its own sake. Instead, it draws careful moral lines. It shows that there are times when war may be justified, especially in defense of life, family, liberty, religion, and peace, but it also warns that war becomes evil when it is driven by ambition, anger, revenge, pride, aggression, or the desire to destroy."
https://ironcountynews.org/war-in-the-book-of-mormon-when-it-is-righteous-when-it-becomes-evil-and-why-gods-protection-matters/