What would help Americans scroll less? Friction, privacy limits, and offline defaults could shift behavior at scale.
Does anti-elite media sharpen or shatter judgment? Extremist talking heads destabilize reality and easing moral inversion.
Dallin H. Oaks pairs law with love, showing humility, outreach, and a call to hold truth with tenderness.
A small note today. Both The Courier and The Times in Scotland have run headlines largely advertising the faith of a couple cleared of abuse charges. Mormon bishop and midwife from Dundee cleared of abuse charges after five-day trial Mormon bishop and wife cleared of child assaults This is no surprise, as our study showed, media outlets are much more likely to use the word “Mormon” in connection with negative news. This illustrates the long-felt frustration that Latter-day Saints’ faith is only public in negative circumstances. This frustration perhaps is doubly felt this week, after the recent Washington Post article about influential Latter-day Saint journalist, Jack Anderson, left out his faith entirely except to note that he could not be assassinated by poison, because he didn’t drink.
Can division and strife be overcome? Conflict ends when hearts change. Turning to Christ heals relationships and fosters lasting peace.
Nonviolence is a wonderful aspiration, but is it always God’s will? In the face of true evil, Latter-day prophets make clear our obligation to sometimes fight.
Marriage is hard enough in this challenging world. Patterns of reactivity, pressure, and resentment between partners can make it that much harder. But what if we learned to not do that—and to do something else instead?
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