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Spoiler: this recap covers the investigative developments found throughout the three episodes of Murder Among the Mormons , a new documentary released this week by Netflix. A recap of the first…

Spoiler: this recap covers some of the crucial investigative developments featured in the second episode of Murder Among the Mormons , a new documentary released this week by Netflix. A recap of the…

Below is a recap of the first episode of Murder Among the Mormons , a new documentary released today by Netflix. Reviews of the next two episodes will appear on Thursday and Friday. An overview essay…

When Twitter and Facebook shuttered the account of Donald Trump, along with thousands of others for allegedly spreading far right violence and conspiracy theories, many felt that it was long overdue…

Note on spoilers, etc: This essay covers the broad outlines of the Mark Hofmann forgery and murder case, which will be highlighted in the new Netflix documentary, though it does not detail any of the…

Religion is a frequent guest star on Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise—who could forget Kyle Richards clutching her Zohar while caught in turbulence, Phaedra Parks’ exorcists and restoration…

We’ve all heard the stories, and some of us have seen it with our own eyes. The kind, noble, God-fearing uncle, father, or family friend—the salt-of-the-earth Christian man who, a decade or more ago…

Hate. Fear. Lies. These are things most of us abhor and at least try to avoid. For Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio host who died on Wednesday, they were the tools of his trade. He used them to…

Rush Limbaugh was a persistent son-of-a-gun, by which I mean he persisted at being an evil, racist, bloody-minded drug addict and possible sex tourist. And no, I’m afraid that unlike similar charges…

Last week a six-week-old baby died in Suceava , Romania during his baptism into the Romanian Orthodox Church . The priest is being held on manslaughter charges and a firestorm of anger has begun to be…