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Utah Policy Daily’s Bryan Schott reported that a new Pew study finds Mormons identify themselves as conservative more so than any other religion out there.--- With 65 percent of LDS folks identifying as republican compared overall to only 35 percent of the general population. The Pew survey also presents other interesting tidbits about the saints like that 61 percent of Mormons have some college education compared to roughly half the general population.
Last night, members of the general public fortunate enough to score free passes streamed into a preview screening of Funny People, the new comedy by Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) starring Adam Sandler as a terminally-ill comedian. Those who have seen Apatow's previous films know that the filmmaker is not afraid of polysyllabic profanities and sexual references of every possible type.
Scott Renshaw overlooked one fine DVD release on this otherwise slow Tuesday: The Middleman: The Complete Series from Shout Factory, purveyors of cool (and unjustly canceled) TV shows. Since ABC "Family" is now home to such CW-lite fare as The Secret Life of the American Teenager and 10 Things I Hate About You, the cable net had no room for a cleverly-written series like The Middleman, a geek-winking riff on Men In Black loaded with sly references to comics, sci-fi and pop culture.
Just a reminder to help fight childhood hunger on Sunday by sharing your strength at Taste of the Nation: --- If there is a more fun and indulgent way to contribute to a good cause than Taste of the Nation, I don’t know what it is. Sponsored by Share Our Strength, 100 percent of ticket sales to the annual food-and-wine festival that is Taste of the Nation goes toward ending childhood hunger in America.
