Archive for the 'LDS History' Category



Hollywood’s Latest Hoodwink

Published on August 15, 2007

Nationally syndicated radio host and best-selling author Michael Medved wrote up an opinion piece yesterday on USAToday’s website titled “Hollywood’s terrorists: Mormon, not Muslim”. Medved took to task those involved with the upcoming film September Dawn, a portrayal (albeit jaded and misrepresented one) of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Claiming they don’t have an axe to [...]


A Modern Prophet Goes Global

Published on January 4, 2007

The Economist is running a story titled “A modern prophet goes global” about the LDS Church’s international expansion.
While mostly accurate and worthy of the reader’s attention, a couple parts are on shaky ground. One such example:
Douglas Davies, a professor at Britain’s Durham University, says the Latter-day Saints are too centralised to be a “world [...]


Latter-day Saints: A look at the Mormon church

Published on December 13, 2006

The Boston Herald has published an Associated Press article titled “Latter-day Saints: A look at the Mormon church”, with a brief Q&A on some of the beliefs of the Church.
The article is mostly accurate, with a few minor discrepancies. For example, in describing the Word of Wisdom the author states that “cold drinks with [...]


Two LDS Leaders Called Some of Most Influential

Published on November 29, 2006

Joseph Smith and Brigham Young have both been named in Atlantic Magazine’s top 100 most influential Americans.


Welcome to LDSNewsWatch

Published on November 28, 2006

For about a year now, I have been collecting and tracking news articles about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (AKA the Mormon Church). I use various online resources to find and track these articles.
Over the last year, I have found some very interesting things. As you can imagine, there have been plenty [...]