Archive for March, 2007



Church press release triple header

Published on March 30, 2007

This week the LDS Church posted three important press releases:
1. Just in time for shoddy local journalism, the Church invited journalists to include the Church itself among the sources they use when writing. The Church Newsroom site has a variety of resources for learning about Church beliefs and practices. If journalists can’t find [...]


Shoddy Journalism and Controversy Bandwagoneering

Published on March 29, 2007

The local press has been quite excited lately with the latest Utah Valley controversy: Dick Cheney’s planned commencement speech at the upcoming BYU graduation.
Hoping to garner some attention of her own, SLTrib columnist Rebecca Walsh decided to jump on the controversy bandwagon and fling mud.
Her article titled “Church shows true color – red” makes [...]


Boston Globe: A Mormon president? I don’t think so

Published on March 7, 2007

The Boston Globe, which is probably one of the most anti-Mitt Romney, anti-Mormon papers in the United States has published this ridiculous article hit piece in their continued campaign against the LDS Church and Mitt Romney. Here are a couple of gems:
“I have been watching the first two hours of a forthcoming WGBH-produced, four-hour special [...]


Romney not likely to wear religion on his sleeve

Published on March 4, 2007

Here’s a good letter to the editor in my hometown newspaper stating that Romney wouldn’t be likely to wear his religion (Mormonism) on his sleeve. The letter points out several theological, cultural, and personal reasons why Romney would successfully “separate the public sphere of his work from the personal sphere of his church.” [...]


Americans’ Views of the Mormon Religion

Published on March 2, 2007

There’s a new Gallup Poll that deals with Mormonism head on. Its contents are intriguing, but to be expected.
The best commentary on this issue comes from the Lord himself:
For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they [...]