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Brave, Clean, Reverent ... and Split

The long-awaited vote that finally allowed gay youth into the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) deeply divided the group's religious chartering organizations. The...

Is This The Mormon Moment?

According to his memoirs, Richard Nixon believed that he lost the 1960 election because his opponent, John F. Kennedy, was a Roman Catholic. The Kennedy machine...

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Growing Up Romney: Mitt’s Early Years

The childhood narratives that inform the public’s perception of so many political figures — Abe Lincoln’s log cabin; George Washington’s cherry tree; JFK’s...

Raid on a Polygamist Town: Arizona, 1953

Just before dawn on July 26, 1953, Arizona law enforcement launched what has since become known as the Short Creek raid: the arrest of men and women in an...

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