http://squaretwo.org SquareTwo Journal en-us Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:06:00 -0700 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#issues Our national security themed Summer 2010 issue will be out in August! In the meantime, Hudson has added an addendum on the blood atonement announcement by the Church, which can be found in her doctrine piece in the Summer 2009 issue; Michael Jantzen has a new comment concerning the Civility piece in the Spring 2010 issue. Both are located at the end of their respective articles. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:06:00 -0700 RSSPECT-001114336 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#spring2010 Kathryn Bankhead comments on Cassler's polygamy article; Rick Morse, commenting on the Stearmer/Zaritsky civility article, wonders about Glenn Beck's 100 Year Plan for America. Is Glenn Beck the new Bo Gritz, who so captivated the LDS community almost 20 years ago? Comments can be found at the end of the original articles. Submission deadline for our Summer issue is July 1st--consider submitting something! Wed, 26 May 2010 18:37:52 -0700 RSSPECT-001093657 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#spring2010 We’ve just uploaded several noteworthy comments on our Spring issue. Lisa Bushman and Laraine Thompson comment on Leonhardt’s “Sacrament of Birth,” and the author responds to each. Marlon Berrett, Steven Goold, and Raymond Swenson comment on Stearmer and Zaritsky’s “By Their Fruits: The Necessity of Civil Dialogue in the Public Sphere,” and the authors respond. All comments and responses can be found at the end of the original articles. Wed, 12 May 2010 15:18:18 -0700 RSSPECT-001083746 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#spring2010 New articles by Decker on financial reform; Stearmer and Zaritsky on public civility; Leonhardt on birth and maternal mortality; Cassler on polygamy; and two book reviews. An editors' introduction to the issue gives an overview of each article--enjoy! Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:25:51 -0700 RSSPECT-001071770 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#issues We know you are all waiting for the Spring 2010 of SquareTwo to come out . . . it will be out in April, and will be well worth the wait! In the meantime, we have two new comments posted on past articles. Ryan Whitaker comments on Hardy's Summer 2009 article on feminism; Christian Buckley comments on Farnsworth's Fall 2009 first place prize-winning essay on heterosexual monogamous marriage. Comments are located below the original articles. Enjoy! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:21:17 -0800 RSSPECT-001042593 http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleWRIFarewell.html#wripetition Scheerer/Vaggalis/Vranes comment on the closure of the WRI and include a link to a time-sensitive online petition; Richard Chun-ling Chiu comments on Richard Bushman's essay in the Summer issue. Comments are posted below the original essays. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:23:17 -0800 RSSPECT-00984861 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#fall2009 Raymond Swenson comments on Leonhardt's "The Botany of Marriage," and Chad Emmett and Emily Belanger comment on "A Farewell Salute to the Women's Research Institute." Comments are posted underneath the original article. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:06 -0800 RSSPECT-00980555 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#fall2009 The Fall 2009 issue of SquareTwo is now online, and includes "Reflections on Politics and Religion" by Robert S. Wood; the Sorensen Essay Contest Winners where LDS young adults defend heterosexual marriage without invoking LDS religious scripture so that they may express their views more openly and persuasively in the public square; a review of Elder John Carmack's recent address to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society on the value of an educated women; and a farewell salute to the Women’s Research Institute of Brigham Young University. Enjoy! Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:36:45 -0800 RSSPECT-00975776 http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleDecker2012.html#comments Ryan Decker wrote that the LDS Church does not oppose civil unions; Kenneth Prigmore disagrees. The two men discuss the issue in the comments section beneath Decker's latest article on the prospects of Romney and Hunstman in 2012. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:44:55 -0700 RSSPECT-00938502 http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleBushmanIllAtEase.html#comments N. Wayne Eschler weighs in on the debate over capitalism; you'll find it as the 4th comment beneath the Bushman essay at the link provided. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:28:19 -0700 RSSPECT-00937894 http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleBushmanIllAtEase.html#comments "Capitalism is the fertile soil in which both the wheat and the tares grow higher than in any other soil. If the tares end up being more plentiful or higher than the wheat, is the soil to blame? What does it say about the wheat if it cannot compete with the tares when the going is good?" Pickering's remarks are the third comment posted below Bushman's essay. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:53:33 -0700 RSSPECT-00935032 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#summer2009 Three new and insightful comments are now on-site; Jeff Kiser and Raymond Takashi Swenson comment on Richard Bushman's essay; Swenson also comments on "War and the Gospel." You can find these comments on the same pages as the essays on which they are commenting, and located right below them. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:08:26 -0700 RSSPECT-00930705 http://squaretwo.org/squaretwoarchives.html#summer2009 The Summer 2009 issue of SquareTwo is out, featuring essays by Richard L. Bushman on "Being Ill at Ease in the World," Valerie M. Hudson on "The 4 May 2007 Statement of the LDS Church," Michael Hardy on "Give Feminism a Try," John Mark Mattox, Kerry Kartchner, and others on "War and the Gospel," and much more! Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:40:31 -0700 RSSPECT-00925973 http://squaretwo.org/Sq2AddlCommentarySherlock2.html#sherhertz Ben seems to think that I reject liberalism en masse. I do not. I believe that liberalism must be nested in an ambit of habits, virtues, and beliefs that cannot come from liberalism itself. Thu, 28 May 2009 22:08:00 -0700 RSSPECT-00893425 http://squaretwo.org/Sq2AddlCommentarySherlock2.html I am grateful to Ralph Hancock for engaging me in a thought-provoking set of comments. I believe our agreements dwarf our disagreements. Nevertheless, I am moved to say more. Wed, 13 May 2009 14:34:27 -0700 RSSPECT-00881540