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Start With Their Eyes
The first time I heard the term ‘intersectionality,’ I wondered where it had come from. I had a friend studying at a small university who...
Laureen Simper
Jan 21, 20244 min read
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News Is a Product
(Edited from original post October 22, 2022) A plea to my Utah friends: please, please, please break up with KSL News and the Deseret...
Laureen Simper
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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Books that Matter: Life and Death in Shanghai
Life and Death in Shanghai , Nien Cheng (original book review posted August 5, 2016) Word of caution: when you've been wacked out on...
Laureen Simper
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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Books that Matter: Eleni
Eleni , Nicholas Gage (original book review posted August 3, 2016) Eleni Gatzoyiannis was executed by Greek "freedom fighters" - her own...
Laureen Simper
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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Fear - A Reality Check
[Originally published April 19, 2021] From my journal March 14, 2021 I’ve seen more fear in my world in the last year than I have in my...
Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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Fear - A Reality Rant
[Originally published April 19, 2021] From my journal - March 7, 2021 I started to pay closer attention to the unjust actions of corrupt...
Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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Swords or Plowshares?
[Originally published June 8, 2020] I spent much of Sunday afternoon weeping. I’d come downstairs from studying and intermittent dozing...
Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20234 min read
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Glorious Burden
[Originally published March 17, 2017] I was privileged to share this essay with UN delegates at the annual Commission on the Status of...
Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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I Am For the UNcommon
I wrote the essay, below, for an essay contest sponsored by Utahns Against Common Core. It gave me the opportunity to highlight some of...
Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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