By John Hatch Every day, I log on to Facebook, Twitter, and a few message boards where I get much of my news. I like these platforms and I like the wit and the humor and the insight and the people I meet; however, it’s become evident to me that a kind of Audrey II …
Tag: Politics
A Voice of Warning: Believing is Seeing
By Brian H. Stuy A recent talk by Matthew DeVisser, a Sandy, Utah stake president, has resulted in a substantial amount of discussion about the proper role of partisan politics in LDS public discourse. But what struck me most about his remarks was what they revealed about President DeVisser’s worldview. The common thread in his …
Update: Days Before the Election, Romney, LDS Church Probed
The last few weeks before 6 November, stories about Mitt Romney and the LDS Church made headlines in mainstream publications as well as in alternative media outlets, probing not only Romney’s connection to his faith but also controversial aspects of Mormonism such as disciplinary practices and the meaning and use of temple garments. According to …
An Olive Leaf: In Defense of “Passionate Engagement”
By Eugene England In this electoral season that features a climate of highly polarized political discourse, it is refreshing to remember Eugene England, a life-long Republican, with his common-sense assessments about the importance of a strong two-party political system in which both sides welcome debate and are willing to compromise. Following is an excerpt …
Jon McNaughton: Mormon Artist, Right-Wing Propagandist
By Robert A. Rees [The artist] will endeavor to awake subtler emotions, as yet unnamed. Living himself a complicated and comparatively subtle life, his work will give to those observers capable of feeling them lofty emotions beyond the reach of words. —Wassily Kandinsky Whenever we find in poetry that which gives us …
Update: Issue 165
“I’m a Mormon” Campaign Features Minorities, Gays, Rockers Say goodbye to Donny and Marie; say hello to Brandon, Valentin, and David, some of the new public faces of Mormonism. The “I’m a Mormon” TV and web campaign, running since August 2010, now includes a world-renowned rocker, a rainbow of racial minorities, and—in an unprecedented move—at …
News: Media Focuses on Romney, His Faith
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Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part II
Continued from Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part I A Civil Society? I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. —William Penn42 You can turn on the television and see people who claim expertise that they don’t possess. And I say that, because the kind of expertise we need is not a facile …
Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part I
by Robert A. Rees Illustrations by Jeanette Atwood Through anger, the truth looks simple. —Jane McCabe1 It must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much that occurs to him. —Deitrich Bonhoeffer2 The “Real” Glenn Beck Ever since learning that Glenn Beck had joined the Mormon Church, …
Five Things We Should Never Talk About: Love, War, Politics, Religion, and Ourselves
Four poets with contrasting styles playfully trip forbidden fields of themes, breaching limits of reserve, modesty and hesitancy, to tell truths, personal and tantalizing, that just may trifle with transcendence. Real people unwrapping surprise packages of pleasure, poignancy, holiness, and humor. Paul Senson, Alex Caldiero, Laraine Wilkins, Pamela Ostermiller