by Derek Monson | May 13, 2022
Polls suggest parents, teachers should influence curriculum Written by Last year, Sutherland Institute released a poll showing broad agreement between parents and teachers when it comes to civic education. More recent state and national polls show similar agreement...
by Derek Monson | May 12, 2022
More evidence needed to clarify the ranked-choice voting debate Written by As Sutherland Institute recently researched ranked-choice voting (RCV) in Utah and analyzed its benefits and drawbacks, it became apparent that the debate around RCV tended to focus more on...
by Derek Monson | May 6, 2022
Supreme Court leak harms American democracy Written by Originally published in The Salt Lake Tribune. The unprecedented leak of a draft court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has accomplished what decades of culture war politics has failed to...
by Derek Monson | Apr 27, 2022
Harsh Shanghai lockdown highlights the strength of the U.S. Constitution Written by China’s enforcement of a public health lockdown in Shanghai in response to a COVID-19 outbreak reminds us why it is good to be American. Americans of all political and ideological...
by Derek Monson | Apr 22, 2022
The antidote to the poison of the culture war Written by The culture war seems to be expanding its reach into myriad areas of life, beyond politics. What used to primarily be a dynamic of controversial social policy debates – abortion, marriage, sexuality, etc. –...
