The Real “Foundation” of the LDS Church’s LGBT Policies: A Response to Greg...
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. In a recent article in Rational Faiths, my friend Dr. Greg Prince asserts that the “foundation” of the LDS Church’s “LGBT-related polices...
View ArticleTrump: The Anti-Republican
Do Republicans who refuse to “unify” behind Trump risk forfeiting the White House? That’s doubtful, since polls consistently show Trump losing to Hillary Clinton. But even if true, what shall it profit...
View ArticleWhy a Catholic Loves Utah–Especially on Caucus Day
Mike Donnelly is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Senator Mike Lee. He wrote this on his Facebook page today. Among the many great privileges of working for Senator Lee is the privilege of working,...
View ArticleThe GOP needs more Mormons
The widespread Mormon rejection of Donald Trump is this week’s big LDS news. Damon Linker writes in The Week: With Donald Trump’s massive loss in Utah on Tuesday (with 85 percent of precincts...
View ArticleWhat in the World Does Anyone See in Trump?
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. As always, the opinions and views expressed here are those of the author alone and do not necessarily represent Meridian Magazine as a...
View ArticleMy Dad Was Transgender: Why I Still Think Gender Can’t Be Changed
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. Image via The Daily Signal. This is 21st century America, and, according to an ABC news article on guidelines recently handed down by the...
View ArticleChicago Tribune Op-Ed: Mitt Romney should run for president
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a commentary written by Rex Huppke for the Chicago Tribune. Image via Chicago Tribune. As we...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Mormon Problem
McKay Coppins writes in The New York Times: IN the fight to fend off Donald J. Trump’s conquest of the Republican Party, there has been no fiercer faction this year than the Mormons. Throughout the...
View ArticleBlaming Christians and Mourning in America
This is from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. June 14, 2016 Today’s observance of Flag Day has been a somber one, as thousands of stars and stripes now fly at half-mast — a grim reminder of...
View ArticleIs Trump a Blooming Idiot or a Budding Genius?
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. From the first day Donald Trump announced his run for the Presidency of the USA, I questioned his message discipline. In the year that has...
View ArticleOpinion: The Deseret News Applied a Double Standard in Calling for Trump to...
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Editor’s Note: This is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Meridian Magazine. The Deseret News has...
View ArticleWords that Don’t Mean What they Used To
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Jerry Sloan, great coach of the Utah Jazz, had a way with words. A simple way, thank goodness. My favorite Sloanism described the way people...
View ArticleTrump Should Rescind Obama’s Transgender Agenda and Protect Religious Liberty
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The media was abuzz yesterday with rumors that President Donald Trump was preparing an executive order that would protect religious liberty in...
View ArticleThe 2016 Election and the Demise of Journalistic Standards
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following was written by Michael Goodwin, chief political columnist for the New York Post. It was published by Imprimis. To see the...
View ArticleThe Cure for the Health Care Crisis is a Big Dose of Federalism
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following originally appeared in the Deseret News. When it comes to congressional legislation, we should never let the perfect become the...
View ArticleWhite Privilege: One Latter-day Saint’s Perspective
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required.” (Luke 12:48) You know in testimony meeting when a person says they didn’t...
View ArticleThe Politics of Prayer in the Aftermath of Sutherland Springs
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following is excerpted from the Family Research Council. To the devastated people of Sutherland Springs, President Trump told a grieving...
View ArticleThe Atlantic: “A Blasphemer Finds New Admiration for Mormons”
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Editor’s Note: The following was written by Kurt Andersen for The Atlantic. It primarily concerns the Republican response to the recent...
View ArticleThe Atlantic: “The Ignorance of Mocking Mormonism”
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following is excerpted from an article that was published in The Atlantic and written by Hal Boyd. To read the full article, click here....
View ArticleThe Rich Legacy Orrin Hatch Will Leave in the Senate
The following was written by Paul J. Larkin Jr., for the Daily Signal. To read the full article, click here. Washington, D.C., is filled to the brim with skilled politicians and bright people. What it...
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