In Mormon society and culture, highest values are placed on hard work, thrift, clean living, obedience to the elders and, above all, on the importance of the family.
The Mormon belief system unites curiously American pairs of opposites. A relish for the dog-eat-dog practices of the marketplace goes hand in hand with the stern obligation to 'help thy neighbor.'
Mormonism is a male religion, a dream of prophets and patriarchs.
In Utah, the American melting pot is unstirred. Three out of four people are Mormons, and they are all here in this bleakly beautiful sanctuary 'behind the Zion curtain' because of religious persecution.
Before I ever heard about '60 Minutes,' I had been a writer, a columnist for 'Life' magazine and for 'Newsweek' - that was about as high as you could get in column writing. I care about my writing. I'm not a quack-quack TV journalist.
Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts.
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single man.
The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has become a sudden rushing torrent.
