politics Archive

  • 47 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: A Faith like Mine

    Posted on December 18, 2012 | 7 Comments
    I now admit, somewhat sheepishly, that one of the reasons I voted for Obama is because of his religious beliefs.

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  • 44 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Mormonism, Utah and Equal Opportunity

    44 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Mormonism, Utah and Equal Opportunity

    Posted on November 5, 2012 | 19 Comments
    Utah is a state where, if you're poor, your neighbors will bake you cookies, and then cheerfully go the ballot box and vote to take away any hope of your children having the same opportunities as their children.

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  • Lena Dunham’s Sex Joke: A Missed Opportunity

    Posted on October 30, 2012 | 3 Comments
    Dunham's points about women's issues are worthy of serious discussion and consideration. But she undermines her credibility in the way she presents them. We still have a long way to go until women can be perceived as powerful without the cover of sexuality to make it "palatable."

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  • Restoring America?

    Posted on August 29, 2012 | 4 Comments
    Politics is like blood sport at our house.   We love it.   I have a picture of Kennedy as a newborn, sitting in one of those vibrating rocker seats, “watching” Meet the Press with us on a Sunday morning before church.   Our kids […]

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  • 34 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Charity by Force?

    Posted on June 24, 2012 | 9 Comments
    All those in favor of building a new sports stadium, please bring $100 cash and come down this Saturday and Sunday to help pour concrete. . .

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  • 15 Dear Jack: It’s All True

    Posted on March 5, 2012 | 5 Comments
    "There is no one thing that's true. It's all true."

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  • Troy Williams - Public Affairs Director, KRCL

    If Jesus were to write an opinion piece directed at Mormons …

    Posted on February 27, 2011 | 16 Comments
    … he’d probably write for The Salt Lake Tribune (and work in community radio): The case for Book of Mormon socialism Though redistribution is the highest economic order in Mormon scripture, Sen. Chris Buttars vehemently denounced Alpine School District for allegedly advocating “democratic socialism.” He, […]

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  • A Prophet at Wartime

    Posted on February 26, 2011 | 6 Comments
    What does this Prophet deplore in war? The actions of the enemy? The actions of the US-led coalition? War in general? It's hard to tell and this appears to be by design and consistent with the LDS church's oft-stated mantra that it avoids making political statements.

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