Commentary

Elke Thompson and Sam Quinn got engaged the old-fashioned way: their parents arranged it.
Quinn, 23, a quiet engineering student from Springfield, Mo., wanted to settle down, and asked his parents to play matchmaker.

The Founding Fathers were well read in the areas of economics, political separation of powers, and the rule of law with an in-depth knowledge of history. Understanding their background may be why W.C. Skousen in "The Five Thousand Year Leap" commented,

Someday, when I am The Mother of The Country (or the world, but I don’t want to sound greedy), this will be one of my rules regarding political campaigns: No candidate, or his/her supporters, get to use the word “patriot” to describe people who vote for that  candidate...

The argument goes like this: religion is dangerous to the poor because it works against population control. It is a prime reason for the population explosion.

The Latter-day Sentinel featured two stand-out high school students this week.

Zander White and Mark Crossen are part of the varsity Knowledge Bowl team at Central Valley High School and helped bring home the 4A Washington state championships in March. The title was the first of its kind in school history.