Category Archives: Politics

Watch Senate, gubernatorial debates courtesy of Sutherland

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Tweet Last night we live-streamed a U.S. Senate Republican debate between Senator Orrin Hatch, Representative Chris Herrod and former State Senator Dan Liljenquist. You can watch a recording of the debate, hosted by the Republican Women of Utah Valley and … Continue reading →

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‘A torrent of angry and malignant passions’

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Tweet   One of the timeless features of great figures, including America’s Founding Fathers, is their ability to understand and articulate the nature of the human race. Their observations are, thus, applicable to any age and almost any situation. An … Continue reading →

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Utah redistricting ‘a crime against humanity’? Really?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Tweet   In the Daily Herald’s opinion, “The Utah Legislature has committed a crime against humanity” in the Legislature’s redistricting process. I Googled “crimes against humanity.” I found these stories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/ http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/C/CrimesAgainstHumanity.aspx http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/13/pope-crimes-humanity-victims-abuse http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/un-backed-trial-of-cambodians-khmer-rouge-leaders-set-for-late-november/2011/10/18/gIQAgaDDuL_story.html http://www.religioustolerance.org/genocide0.htm Funny, I didn’t find … Continue reading →

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Why Democrats can only sing the redistricting blues

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Tweet   Just a quick thought about the Utah redistricting kerfuffle. The key point, in my mind, is not the process the state Republicans are using to come out with the map. That is an issue, and it is debatable, … Continue reading →

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Redistricting: Why Utah ought to carve up S.L.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Tweet   Here is my advice to the state Legislature on redistricting: Carve up Salt Lake City and dilute the more liberal parts of Salt Lake County. I say this as a conservative, as someone who works each and every … Continue reading →

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Results of our GOP delegate survey

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Tweet   State delegates are charged with selecting primary candidates, but surprisingly little is known about these delegates’ opinions on important issues in Utah. Earlier this month, Sutherland Institute sent out an email survey to Republican state delegates. Seven hundred … Continue reading →

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Utah Democratic chairman’s minority behavior is no surprise

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

Tweet   I worked in Washington,D.C., on Capitol Hill from 1987 to 1997 – pre- and post-Gingrich “revolution.” I began my political career in the minority. Democrats had controlled the House of Representatives for more than 60 years before the … Continue reading →

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