Book Review: “Planted” by Patrick Mason
One of the most important and consequential phenomena in American politics over the last half-century has been the gradual alignment of political ideology and partisanship in the mass public (especially voters). In the 1950s you’d be hard pressed to guess someone’s...
CAN PROPHETS PREDICT THE FUTURE?
The other day I was listening to an episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast entitled, “How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future.” 1 As part of the episode, they interviewed Dr. Philip Tetlock, professor at the University of Pennsylvania,...
A Prayer
Dear Lord and God above, My heart is groaning for the world even at it groans now in sin. More and more we are becoming a world divided. I pray that we can remember that which you taught us. At this time, as violence comes upon our shores, with those gunned down in...
Policygate 2015: We’ve been beating this drum a while now.
When the policy came out a few weeks ago it hit like a ton of bricks. One of the reasons for the policy was given by Elder Christofferson was that a clarification was needed after the supreme court ruled in favor of marriage equality. This sounded a bit strange to me...
The Church Is Yours. Take It Back.
In the wake of the terrorists attacks in Paris, there is a call for Muslims worldwide to purge the violence and extremism out of Islam. I agree that they should, but I realize it is difficult task, that would be like asking all Christian Faiths to unite and get rid...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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