Dialogue
I Fled Post-Revolution Iran. I’m Worried for America.
Who guards freedom in polarized times? Civic doubt, pluralist respect, and local ties, not outrage, preserve liberty.
Leyla Mirmomen
December 17, 2025
Who guards freedom in polarized times? Civic doubt, pluralist respect, and local ties, not outrage, preserve liberty.
Are Surviving Mormonism’s stories typical? Comparative data show rare failures in an institution ahead on reform.
Should Saints treat critics as teachers? Yes: love first, listen carefully, defend truth with grace.
Latter-Day Saint women challenge the narrative of oppression, countering the view that they lack power within the Church of Jesus Christ.
Journalists embrace X’s new identity but resist the Latter-day Saints’, showing disparate media treatment.
How do we know what news to trust, particularly in election seasons? Skepticism plays one part, but we also must learn how to trust responsibly.
Can the Israeli-Palestinian conflict find a path toward peace? A recent study shows that increased information may offer an upside.
While the Washington Post sheds light on the Church of Jesus Christ’s finances, it overlooks key perspectives, instead allowing our critics to speak for us.
Deseret News recently shared an article by Kelsey Dallas regarding a new ad campaign titled “He Gets Us” to be shown during the NFL playoffs. Religion News Service reported this campaign launched with a $100 million dollar budget. The focus is to introduce people to Christianity and to show how Jesus Christ is relevant to things in our modern everyday life. Their goal is to have people associate Jesus Christ with love instead of hate. Isn’t that what we all want? That would be the ultimate touchdown.
When compassion is measured by our social and political activism, we may unwittingly endanger our ability to find real connection as we substitute abstract love for messy, real-life relationships.
Reflections from a historian who tried recently to correct an important error about President George Washington. What does it mean when journalism becomes independent from truth-seeking?
I sit down with my friend, CD Cunningham to discuss his recent article regarding the associated press article about a case of abuse.