by Derek Monson | May 6, 2022
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...
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 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,...
by Derek Monson | Apr 15, 2022
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...
by Derek Monson | Apr 6, 2022
The benefits and drawbacks of ranked-choice voting Written by The 2022 general session of the Utah Legislature saw a raft of bills proposed to reform, expand and/or eliminate Utah’s municipal election ranked-choice voting (RCV) pilot program, which is slated to run...
