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One of the questions submitted following my FairMormon remarks late yesterday afternoon asked whether I<\/em> would be submitting my<\/em> name as a candidate to be the next executive director of the Maxwell Institute.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
That question elicited\u00a0a\u00a0very vocal\u00a0reaction from the audience.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m pretty unlikely to apply for the position \u2014 even though I\u2019m a veteran crusader for lost causes, and, perhaps much\u00a0more to the point, even though I happen to have been born with a very strong mischievous streak.<\/p>\n
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When I was an undergraduate, I ran for Social Vice President of BYU. \u00a0To my horror, although I didn\u2019t campaign at all and spent a total of\u00a0$1.37 on the effort, I survived into a\u00a0run-off election with the eventual winner. \u00a0(I was the only candidate of the People\u2019s Centennial Party to make it that far. \u00a0And thereby hangs a much-longer tale that I might include in my posthumous memoirs, although a small portion of it has already appeared in at least one published history of BYU.)<\/p>\n
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On a more serious note, I hope that several good and faithful scholars will apply for the position. \u00a0I would especially hope that at least one or two who understand what the organization once was, and who are sympathetic to the intentions and the self-sacrificing efforts that built it, will throw their hats into the ring. \u00a0I\u2019m not at all optimistic, but I would love to be pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n
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