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The Mormon way of business
Mormon Life says: A look at the large number of successful Mormons, and some thoughts on the reasons for it.
Jokes about sacred underpants have reached epidemic proportions, thanks to Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and the musical masterpiece by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, “The Book of Mormon”. But the...
CNN Poll: Mormon candidate not a problem for most Americans
Mormon Life says: After all that's been said, it's nice to hear poll numbers from this point of view.
Americans overwhelmingly say a presidential candidate being Mormon wouldn't affect their vote, according to a CNN/ORC International poll released Wednesday. The survey, which was taken after a...
A Mormon billionaire with distinct ideas of philanthropy and presidential politics
Mormon Life says: Jon Huntsman Sr., known for his philanthropy (seemingly 80 percent of his wealth), talks about his efforts against cancer.
Jon M. Huntsman Sr. — billionaire industrialist, father of a presidential hopeful, four-time cancer survivor — has no patience for the Scrooges of the world. Even the philanthropist club of...
Utahns give twice as much to Romney than Huntsman
Mormon Life says: I forgot for a moment that Romney turned the 2002 Winter Olympics around; people in Utah still remember him for that.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is still king of fundraising in Utah, drawing twice as much for his presidential bid as the state’s ex-governor, Jon Huntsman. Utahns forked over nearly...
Jon Huntsman's rock star ambitions: GOP candidates once aspired to be musician
Mormon Life says: Apparently his former band mates made adjustments so the songs fit better with Huntsman's religion.
Whether or not Jon Huntsman will face off against President Obama in the 2012 presidential race remains to be seen, but if all had gone according to plan, the 51-year-old GOP candidate would've...
Opinion: The question of faith for candidates
Mormon Life says: An interesting article about a time when the writer regrets witnessing (and taking part in) making a big deal over a candidate's Mormonism. Love what he says about voters being fickle about which religions they obsess over.
Most of us think all young Mormon males wear short-sleeved white shirts and ride bicycles and we enjoy the 400 melodic voices that make up the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Ask us about Brigham Young and...
Jon Huntsman Jr. debate performance praised for, hurt by 'truth-telling'
Jon Huntsman Jr.'s "forceful performance" at Wednesday night's presidential debate elicited an interesting comparison from veteran political analyst Jeff Greenfield: Huntsman deserves the equivalent of the National Hockey League's Lady Byng Trophy. One of the NHL's premier annual awards, the Lady...
Opinion: Can Romney win by embracing his Mormon masculinity?
Mormon Life says: The writer previously questioned whether "Mormon masculinity" (based on loyalty, duty, sentimentality) could match up to Perry's cowboy masculinity in the debates. After last night, she asserts Romney (and Huntsman) had the edge.
I'll admit it: I was nervous. I thought last night's debate would feature a machismo standoff between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, and that the bow-legged Texas governor would inevitably prevail. ...
Romney, Huntsman face challenge of winning over evangelicals
Stan Craig, a Vietnam veteran and fundamentalist Baptist preacher here, winces at the idea of a female president. Yet he hesitated when he was asked recently to make a hypothetical choice between Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the...
Jon Huntsman Jr., wife will appear on 'The View'
Mormon Life says: In case anyone wants to see a personal interview with Jon Huntsman . . .
Jon Huntsman Jr. and his wife, Mary Kaye, will appear Oct. 6 on the popular daytime television show "The View." Reporting for ABC News, Sarah Kunin notes the back-story to this booking: in an Aug....
The politics of the Saints
Mormon Life says: A similar idea as recent articles, but this also explores interesting history of the politics of Church members, and how Mormonism has already influenced America for some time.
WITH MITT Romney’s candidacy for president, the Mormon church approaches an epochal moment in its deep engagement with American politics. The nation, too, is at a threshold - entering, perhaps, a...
Jon Huntsman, Jack Mormons, and the question of faith
Mormon Life says: We've seen a lot about Jon Huntsman's particular variety of faith (or, as some have posed, lack of it) in the news. What does this mean about where he stands with Mormons, and should it really matter?
This morning, while going through recent news articles tagged for their relation to Mormonism, I came across an article titled, “Is Jon Huntsman a Jack Mormon?” This was one of those articles I knew...
Candidates' Mormonism allows them to take pro-science stand
Mormon Life says: An LDS columnist discusses his belief that Romney and Huntsman's "shared faith has made them science believers" (though he acknowledges not all Mormons agree).
“To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." For Jon Huntsman Jr.'s fledgling presidential campaign, that was the Tweet heard 'round the world; the...
Why the national media writes more about Jon Huntsman Jr. than others
Mormon Life says: I didn't realize Jon Huntsman had been the subject of so many high-profile pieces . . .
The national print media simply loves covering Jon Huntsman Jr., and the profile of Utah's former governor in the new issue of Vogue magazine is just the latest in a long line of articles...
GOP rivals have different takes on Mormon faith
Republican presidential primary rivals Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are both Mormons whose ancestral roots run deep into the church’s pioneer history - intertwining, in fact, several generations back. Relatives of both men have served near the top of Mormonism’s global hierarchy. But in public...
