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According to the official style guide of The Church, “Mormon” implies an individual, not an institution. But while it can be a label for a person, “Latter-day Saint” remains the preference. “Mormons”...
View ArticleInversion
Please excuse the strained metaphor. Every now and again I have the chance to head into town. By town I mean Salt Lake City. Home of a basketball team that people sometimes care about, the biggest salt...
View ArticleIs Mormonism optimistic?
I’ve been having a problem with optimism lately. My last two blog posts were basically just exercises in much needed mental cleansing. I feel alone at church and all my friends are leaving, etc. You...
View ArticleThere’s’ something religious about ‘political correctness’
Editor’s note: This expression of ideas is way too long and meanders a bit. The author apologizes for not editing it down, but he’s just got a lot going on right now. Shortly after returning home on a...
View ArticleWhen did celebrities become so powerful?
There’s nothing terribly new to the idea that maybe we give celebrities far too much credit for being whatever it is they are. After all, being overhyped is basically the job of any good pop culture...
View ArticleJames Bond becoming more interesting and relevant isn’t a bad thing
Idris Elba basically oozes everything one associates with James Bond. Pretty much everyone recognizes this. He’s also an amazing actor (see: BBC’s Luther, among other things). But recently, author...
View ArticleWho will get the Mormon vote?
So is this it? Is this how The Republic ends? Not with a bang, but with 16 straight months of presidential debates? That’s right, 2016 is upon us, with the force of a thousand Facebook arguments and...
View ArticleMarco’s Mormon Moment
The big news right now for everyone with a “Mormon” Google alert is that Sen. Marco Rubio has made it very clear the “Mormon vote” is important to him, especially in Nevada. As Politico reports, Rubio...
View ArticleThe case for and against Christopher Nolan directing an AKIRA trilogy
Editor’s note: This post literally has nothing to do with Mormonism. That is, unless you think AKIRA is actually about the dark side of human deification. If that’s the case, then sure, it’s about...
View ArticleCelebrating Samuel W. Taylor, a Peculiar Person
Samuel W. Taylor was born, as we all were at one time or another, on February 5, 1907. But make no mistake, he was no ordinary chum. As it just so happens, Samuel had six mothers. That is to say, his...
View ArticleStephen Colbert is right, believing in God is pretty crazy
I had the pleasure of catching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. It was a great episode, and I think the show is getting better as he settles on a more familiar format and rhythm. But even...
View ArticleDo Mormon Missionaries Get Shafted on Health Care?
Mark Joseph Stern over at Slate just published an interesting article about the state of health care — or lack thereof — for Mormon missionaries. Stern reports that there is a large number of...
View ArticleThis is Why the Mormon Vote Matters to Republicans
Mormon reporter-in-chief McKay Coppins has a new piece up at Buzzfeed (it’s actually a two days old now) about why the “Mormon vote” in Nevada has become so important to Republicans. According to...
View ArticleThe 5 Best References to Mormonism in the History of Television
So that Quantico show debuted a little while back. It’s a show about FBI agents and stuff that critics seem to generally like, but Mormons are generally nervous about. Apparently there’s a steamy hot...
View ArticleScandal on the Mormon Ranch
In case you haven’t heard, the LDS Church is currently involved in a rather large land development project in Florida. According to a recent report by The Associated Press, the plan is as such: Over...
View ArticleA Mormon Perspective on the New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
Because the trailer for the new Star Wars movie has officially dropped, I thought I’d give a Mormon perspective to what we know about the newest edition of one of the most iconic film series of all...
View ArticleMitt Romney Still Doesn’t Want to Talk About Race in the Mormon Church
So the guy who was in charge of getting Barack Obama elected both times, David Axelrod, recently sat down for an interview with Mitt Romney. Romney, you might remember, was pretty convinced that Obama...
View ArticleShould We Really Worry About Ben Carson’s Religion?
Presidential Candidate Ben Carson is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a protestant sect of Christianity that was founded in Michigan in 1863. It’s a pretty interesting religion that...
View ArticleWhy Didn’t We Do This By Common Consent?
Reactions to the recent church policy changes concerning the children of married homosexual couples (which you can read about here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here...
View ArticleSo Mitt Romney is Back
But not really. So in light of the fact that 47.6% of primary support in the Republican Party currently belongs to the two most ridiculous candidates imaginable, some R’s have begun calling for the...
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