Come to the Holy Land in 2013 with the Proctors Click here
Wednesday, June 19 2013

email

menuClick Here

Society

Antisocial Networks? Reversing the rising trend of hostility on social media By Ron McMillan

If our desire is for a kinder, gentler, more humane society, one of the hidden barriers to achieving this aspiration may be the type of conversations we hold on social media.

>Read More

Most Current Articles in Society

Is America Exceptional? Should it be?

A blog where largely Latter-day students talked about politics surprised me. They were very critical of America and believed the nation to be anything but "exceptional."

By Mike Mansfield
U.S. Number of White Deaths Outnumber Births

More white people died in the US last year than were born. A slump that comes more than a decade before the Census Bureau predicted that the ranks of white Americans will likely begin to drop with every passing year.

Utah's Stars and Friends: Hollywood Bowl-Style Entertainment in Orem!

Utah's Stars and Friends performance at the SCERA Shell in Orem, Utah, will bring some of Utah's most renowned entertainers for a spectacular show that will include something for everyone—from pop to Broadway, with a little rock and a little country too!

Pew Study on Iranian Views of Politics and Religions

The Pew Research Center has released two new survey reports on Iran – one detailing Iranians’ views of religion and politics and another on how other populations around the globe view the country.

The Yanks are Coming

The lasting legacy of Yankee missionaries 50 years ago on some teenagers Down Under.

By Philip Baker
Now they Have Faces—How Meridian Readers Helped in Africa

Meridian readers continue to be generous as we are now just $1,100 short of our push for $4,800. If only 25 readers send in $44--we would be there. Will you help today?

By Scot and Maurine Proctor
On Marriage, Inevitability Is a Choice We Can Reject

A new opinion poll taken last week shows the majority of Americans think same-sex marriage is "inevitable."

By The Heritage Foundation
NBC’s Dateline: LDS Family’s Five Children Haunted by Heart Problems

This could be a story from Ripley's Believe It or Not--but it is all too true.