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Help? Do I belong here?

Julia, July 27, 2012

How do we help “new bloggers” find their voice? Are we really a community that does? I believe we are, or at least can be. Main Street Plaza is an Internet home for people who care about their thoughts and ideas, eventhough weoften disagree. Wedon’t have the same world view,but…

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“I consider it progress that they are thinking more like a company and less like the Soviet Union.”

Chino Blanco, October 5, 2011October 6, 2011

That’s John Dehlin in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Excerpts from “Church asks Mormons: Which websites, writers do you read?“: The LDS Church is surveying its members about their readership of key websites and Mormon writers, a move that reflects the faiths growing interest in managing its public image as two…

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BYU Honor Code open thread

Chino Blanco, March 3, 2011March 3, 2011

No links. Just a rant. And then the floor is yours, commenters. Anything goes, but reminiscence and nostalgia related to good times at BYU are highly encouraged. 😉 But before that party gets started, let me just say … My sense is that Brandon Davies has been offered up as…

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Nobody understands the Jews better than the Mormons

Chino Blanco, June 1, 2010May 17, 2011

There are no people in the world who understand the Jews like the Mormons. Quote attributed to no less than David Ben-Gurion himself by none other than Ezra Taft Benson. And, boy, was I glad to run across this quote today. Because a question has been bugging me, and I’ve…

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