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August 2018

August 15, 2018

Sorry to Bother You: The (Human) Body as Technology

This review contains major spoilers for Boots Riley’s 2018 film Sorry to Bother You. It’s...

May 2018

May 27, 2018

Making Ministering Holy

My priesthood lesson prompt was very open-ended: “ministering.” My mind leapt to the recent kerfuffle...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

Trump Should Learn from Andrew Jackson: Keep Church Out of State

Trump can learn from his hero and reject a fusion of Church and State. Among...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

A Hillbilly, a Professor, and a Mormon Mayor Walk into a (Dry) Bar . . .

The experience Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams gained on his Mormon mission helped him...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

The Fundamental Optimism of Apocalypse

Today, we have a guest post from my friend Cameron Neilsen. Please note that this...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

Review: The Mormon Jesus

Perhaps my devotional life’s greatest flaw is that I forget about Jesus. Intellectually, of course, I...

June 17, 2016

Stop Praying for us, and Acknowledge That You Helped Create Omar Mateen

Let me give you a run down: 2015 was the deadliest year on record for...

June 13, 2016

Gordon B. Hinckley, Gun Control Advocate

My heart aches in the wake of Sunday Morning's Pulse nightclub tragedy. I haven't...

June 07, 2016

The Weak Shiver of an Uninspiring Democratic Process

I’ve been relatively quiet during this primary election season, mostly to stay out of...

June 03, 2016

Normalizing Gun Violence on Campus

The following post originally appeared on Professor Park's Blog. When I first read about the...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Andrew Sullivan on God, Doubt, and Organized Religion

Blogging pioneer Andrew Sullivan formally retired from the daily content grind last year when he...

May 25, 2016

Film Journal: The Land Before Time

A few days ago, after carful deliberation, my wife and I chose to watch Don...

May 13, 2016

Trans Win: Federal Government to Sue North Carolina

The Department of Justice recently announced it will be suing North Carolina for House Bill...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

Ritual and Renewal in Zootopia

If you haven’t seen Zootopia, go. Despite the fact that it is a Disney animated...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Where Is Mormonism On Civil Rights?

This week I went to an anti-racism rally here in Lexington, Virginia in response to...

March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Weak Islamaphobia

In the aftermath of this morning's tragic terrorist attack in Brussels, each presidential candidate is...

March 11, 2016

Should We Be Worried About Donald Drumpf’s Mind Control Powers?

I'm starting to come up with new, helpful ways of framing the 2016 Executive Champion...

March 05, 2016

Ammon, before Trump

On social media I passed along a quip that, while Donald Trump is applying to be...

March 04, 2016

Release the Romney

Colbert's making jokes about Romney again. It's like 2012 never really left us. #MormonMoment2point0 It's...

March 02, 2016

Wait, What Is The White Horse Prophecy?

Americans rarely unilaterally agree on anything, but there has risen one important break from that...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Who Will Get the Mormon Vote, Part 2

Editor's note: This post is an updated version of an earlier post, which can be...

February 22, 2016

I Bet I Know Who Hugh Nibley Would Vote For

I didn't know Hugh Nibley personally, and I don't fancy myself much of a Nibley scholar....

February 20, 2016

Being a Legislator in Utah Doesn’t Sound Fun

For the second time in as many weeks, a Utah legislator who identifies as an...

February 17, 2016

How has Obamacare Helped Queer People?

The Affordable Care Act (ACA or colloquially termed ‘Obamacare’) has now defied the odds within...

February 17, 2016

What Is Morality in Mormonism?

Here in Utah, State Senator Mark Madsen is proposing a bill that would legalize medicinal...

February 15, 2016

Netflix’s Daredevil and The Ghost of Frank Miller

Frank Miller is more powerful than he's ever been. His political rants have left his...

February 09, 2016

Drones and Realism in the Middle East

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) by the military, have become a contentious...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Explaining the Bundys sans Mormonism

As a Mormon, it's hard for me to watch or listen to anything the Bundy...

January 05, 2016

Mormon Church Responds to Bundy-led Oregon Occupation

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has now officially condemned the actions of...

December 2015

December 03, 2015

The “Thoughts and Prayers” Backlash is Deserved

After so many shootings this year, it just feels like nothing is ever going to...