Conservative talk

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- I have a friend who is a highly talented, successful individual.  His work hours and workload have steadily increased to the point that he is required to spend more time away from his young family.  Recently he informed his boss of his concerns that his work was taking him away from his kids. He was ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- What does it mean to be informed? The answer to this question isn’t as cut and dried as we might think. A person who is glued to the various news channels or online news outlets is encountering plenty of information any time, day or night.  Bu ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- A few years ago, a mother, driving with her baby in the car, lost control and landed upside down in the Spanish Fork river. A fisherman spotted her car the next day and notified the authorities. When first responders arrived, they were unable to see into the partially submerged car but 4 police officers described hearing a faint voice pleading for help ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- A university professor regularly asks his history students what they would have been doing had they lived in a period where slavery was considered the norm. Most students predictably and confidently assert that they would have been fearless crusaders for abolition and equal rights for all ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- If you’re serious about freeing yourself from the quicksand of politics, it may be time to give some serious thought to a concept espoused by Albert J. Nock. “There’s only one way to improve society. Present it with ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- We’ve all heard the old adage that, “Everyone has at least one good book in them.” In reality, there is a book that each of us is uniquely and eminently qualified to write. It’s our own story. If you’ve never consi ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- Consider all the things that people once did for themselves that are now being outsourced to others. Food production has been handed off to corporate farms, making a vast majority of Americans dependent upon grocery stores.  D... Read More ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- We all have a tendency to wait for someone with superior knowledge, courage or morality to ride to our rescue and save the day. But the painful truth is that’s not going to happen. And that’s not a bad thing. It simply ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- None of us wants to believe that we could ever do truly monstrous things. At the same time, we’re often quite comfortable with acting like lesser monsters when we think we’re right. Or when we respond in kind when someone else is in monster mode. The truth ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- If you’re beginning to burn out on the negativity and divisiveness that is dominating public discourse these days, there’s a simple solution. Stop buying into the idea that politics is the prime motivator of all that is taking place around us.  Instead, ...