[…] accepted the invitation to share my experiences as a “cultural Jew” married to a “cultural Mormon.” Kenneth and I have been married almost twenty-three years. I have lived in Salt Lake City since 1971 […]
[…] to them as their small congregation drifted away into the winter chill. In mid-February, however, he received news which lifted his sag ging spirits. He noted in a 15 February diary entry that he […]
[…] formers, and institutional policy and practice. Collections of folk music, histories, and hymnals contain tantalizing hints of stories to be told, but until now, no one has attempted to draw all of the information […]
[…] of three things,” she wrote. “Earning a ‘big’ reward, atoning for past delinquencies, or else because I am a ‘damned fool’ ” (p. 273). Exile in Europe was not the enforced adventure some historians […]
[…] the policy of censorship imposed by the Pentagon and the media itself was viewed as treachery. One news reporter was accused of being a “sympathizer” for the enemy when he covered stories that other […]
[…] males the disease is more likely to be progressive. Despite some lingering neurological deficits, it appears I am in lucky group number one, but at the time I was unaware of my ultimate providence. […]
[…] with the rest of the Church this year, I find that I identify with the disciples. I am impressed at how often we hear of the disciples being chastised. “Do ye not yet understand?” […]
[…] statement may possibly be a variation of the “blessings-on thee-little-man-barefoot-boy-with cheeks-of-tan” view of American boy hood. I am mystified, however, by the equation of feminine pigtails with masculine dirty faces and ragged trousers. Dirt […]
[…] had a similar discussion a few weeks earlier. “Don’t be silly,” she had snorted after the evening news. “Dan Rather is not God. You think it ain’t been hot before? People said the dust […]
[…] They tell themselves, “People are not mature enough to handle truth” (ibid.). Secretiveness fosters abhorrence of outside news media, whose attention undermines unquestioning loyalty to an abusive organization. “It is not without reason that […]