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Santorum Invoked Satan

Why are we surprised?
Joseph Laycock
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Joyless Primaries Grind On

A big MoPublican Super Tuesday recap.
Joanna Brooks
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Sarah Palin: Obama Wants to Make White People Slaves

The “Palin Whisperer” breaks it down.
Anthea Butler
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Mitt Learns to Say “Y’all” as Primary Heads South

Does the history of Mormonism in the South impact his chances?
Joanna Brooks
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Romney Faring Better With Evangelicals... Or Just Worse With All Others?

Either way, Mississippi results suggest his favorability gap is closing.
Joanna Brooks
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Thoroughly Modern Mormons

What’s the real story on 21st-century Mormonism? Visit the new Church-owned City Creek Mall on LDS General Conference weekend.
Joanna Brooks
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Romney Faces Sticky Questions about LDS “Doctrines” on Race

And a note for journalists covering the LDS Church.
Joanna Brooks
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GOP War on Caterpillars

‘War on women’… ‘war on caterpillars’… what’s the difference.
Sarah Morice-Brubaker
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Want Straight Talk on the Romney-Rosen Mommy Wars?

Ask a feminist Mormon housewife.
Joanna Brooks
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Pastor Who Called Mormonism a “Cult” Backs Mitt Romney

Of course the good pastor may have had an ulterior motive.
Joanna Brooks
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