Here we have all the latest in arts and culture from the Utah and Latter-Day Saint world. We also cover cultural and intellectual developments important to liberty-minded communities. For mini-reviews of the best books, check out recommended reading.
‘1820’ Could be the Best Latter-Day Saint Musical Since ‘Saturday’s Warrior’
But for now, the search for the great Latter-Day Saint musical continues. George D. Nelson’s new ‘1820: The Musical’ is more consistent and less likely to cause the audience to cringe, but like ‘Saturday’s Warrior’ and ‘My Turn on Earth,’ it’s a musical with great songs and moments and yet fails to be a great…
The Authoritarian Moment is an (Incomplete) Complete Formulation of Shapiro’s Thesis on the New Left
Ben Shapiro’s latest book condenses a year’s worth of talking points into an overall theory about the series of recent trends perpetuated by the new left in an authoritarian attempt to silence dissent. But there are important questions that need to be reckoned with if there is to be a cohesive resistance against the authoritarian…
‘Witnesses’ is a Rare Surprise
I’m a notorious Grinch on the subject of religious film. I have a theory that the standards for religious films are so low because they only tell the audience what they want to hear. But Witnesses is a movie that understands that its role is not to be a sermon or a polemic, but an…
LibertySaints 