POLITICS: Glenn Beck the Prophet

May 26, 2010 1 Comment by Randal Serr

Glenn Beck is at it again. Actually, he has been at it for a while now, but his crazy scale sometimes goes so far off the charts that you can only go so long before he says something so absurd it begs to be addressed.
On August 28th, Glenn Beck will unveil his plan to “save [...]

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POLITICS: Bein’ a Hater: Glenn Beck, Mormons, and Hate Speech

Apr 05, 2010 7 Comments by Jim Dalrymple

Saturday’s On the Media — an NPR news program that discusses media — focused on the rise of hate groups in the United States. It featured Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who (about halfway through the discussion) talked about, among many other things, how right-wing media figures and politicians are mainstreaming hate speech [...]

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READING LIST: March 31st

Mar 31, 2010 No Comments by Steve Pierce

Day two of the revamped Rhombus Reading List and we’re still here. We’re cooking with gas now.
1) POLITICS: An intriguing (if more than a bit wishful) article speculating on favorite Mormon homeboy Mitt Romney’s uncanny fitness to oversee the implementation of President Obama’s new health care reform laws — you know, if he ever realized [...]

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POLITICS: Glenn Beck, Mormons and Political Correctness

Aug 23, 2009 4 Comments by Randal Serr

There’s a little too much love for Glenn Beck in Utah. I mean, I get it: He has an endearing story. He has overcome an addiction to alcohol and gone from a small radio program in Kentucky to CNN Headline News to the news source you can always count on, Fox News. [...]

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COLUMN: The Further Sins Of Glenn Beck

Jul 09, 2009 4 Comments by Steve Pierce

Rhombus recently took some heat for some rather vitriolic comments I made regarding Glenn Beck in my review of his appearance at this year’s Stadium of Fire event at BYU. I criticized his dress, his demeanor and his very being. I called him “douchey” and a “borderline psycho.” I said that I wanted to punch [...]

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