Obama vs. Romney on Modern Mormon Men
Welcome to those of you visiting after reading Rob’s guest post on Modern Mormon Men. MMM.com approached us to participate in an online discussion describing why our candidate, President Obama, is...
View ArticleWhy I’m a Mormon and Support President Obama, Part 4/6: Economics
Post by Randy Astle – We’re in the home stretch! November 6 will be a relief, I think, to everybody. But before things end I’d like to post three more times, which will hopefully be interesting to any...
View ArticleMormon Policies on Politics and Conscience
From the Salt Lake Tribune Guest Post by Julia Taylor; this article is cross-posted on poetrysansonions.com I am doing a series of posts on the “Mormon Moment,” on my personal blog. (My original post...
View ArticleWhy I’m a Mormon and Support President Obama, Part 5/6: Social Issues
Post by Randy Astle - As their name indicates, this is the elephant in the room for social conservatives. There’s a very large voting bloc that goes well beyond Mormonism for whom social issues,...
View ArticleWhy I’m a Mormon and Support President Obama, Part 6/6: The Environment
Post by Randy Astle - We’re now on the cusp of election day and unfortunately time won’t allow me to do as deep a dive into Mormonism and environmentalism as I’ve done on my other topics. Still, the...
View ArticleForward
Post by Joseph M While Ray Suarez interviewed Rahm Emanuel for PBS NewsHour’s coverage of the election, the crowd at the McCormick Place broke out in cheers, causing Rahm to break away mid-sentence to...
View ArticleAt End of the Campaign
Post by Joseph M - I am still incredibly excited about last Tuesday night’s win – and I guess I’ll admit, I’ve felt no small desire to gloat. This is partly due to the amazing amount of vitriol we’ve...
View ArticleMormonism stayed off the table: thank you OFA and DNC
Rev. Derrick Harkins, National Director of Faith Outreach for the DNC It’s hard to believe that the election ended less than two weeks ago. I didn’t post much the last few weeks of the campaign because...
View ArticleReflections
Kelly shows support for President Obama in Virginia Post by Joseph M - Thanksgiving is surely a great time for reflection. Rob’s post, Michael Otterson’s guest article in the Washington Post, and this...
View ArticleSpies Like Us
Post by Joseph M - Surprisingly, I have actually been feeling a bit neglected. During the election I expected to see several new Mormon-themed articles posted online daily; some of these articles even...
View ArticleHow to be Anxiously Engaged (Part 2)
Post by Joseph M - See Hannah’s original post here. When President Obama won the 2008 election, Seattle took to the streets. And I also joined the throngs of thousands of people who celebrated...
View ArticleNot Affiliated
Post by Joseph M - So I am going to put my own spin on this (mostly because I’m an optimist in all things liberal) and make a guess that “Not Affiliated” is the new code word for “Democrat” in the...
View ArticleSome Fiscal Cliff Notes
Post by Joseph M - Nothing like the back-and-forth, finger-pointing, and grand-standing bluster of John Boehner to throw water on any lingering post-election celebratory feeling. Yes, the...
View ArticleHonoring the Shooting Victims
The PBS Newshour ended Monday’s broadcast with this piece. This simple honor roll of photographs moved me more than any of the other reporting that day. Please pray for the victims of this tragedy...
View ArticleHappy New Year…
Post by Joseph M - All across America, people celebrated the end of 2012, the beginning of 2013, the love of friends and family, and the continuation of our world despite some presumably dire...
View ArticleInaugaration 2013
So it officially begins – Obama’s second term. I watched the coverage with my favorite news team of PBS NewsHour. One of the women interviewed commented (and I’m paraphrasing her) about how the...
View ArticleState of the Union – 2013
Nothing like adding a little technology to “Enhance” the State of the Union.
View ArticleThe World is Always Ending. Here’s What We Should Do About It.
Post by Rob T. Cross-posted from Mormon Liberals. This morning I re-read President Matthew DeVisser’s stake conference address about 2012 and the challenges facing his stake members. During the final...
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