More evidence needed to clarify the ranked-choice voting debate Written by Derek Monson 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...
Supreme Court leak harms American democracy Written by Derek Monson 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...
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...
The antidote to the poison of the culture war Written by Derek Monson 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,...
Insights on the future of ranked-choice voting in Utah Written by Derek Monson This week Sutherland Institute co-sponsored an event with the University of Utah Department of Political Science and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences about the future of...
