by William C. Duncan | Jun 9, 2020
Supreme Court weighs in on pandemic limits on worship Written by William C. Duncan Last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed religious freedom and it did not go well. Asked about why large protests were okay during the pandemic but other...
by Derek Monson | Jun 8, 2020
Politics, public health don’t mix Written by Derek Monson Politics and public health should be like sick people and healthy people: kept apart as much as possible. Politics erodes everything that it touches, especially in a public health crisis. Take recent...
by William C. Duncan | Jun 5, 2020
Riots and civic education: a way forward to a more just and merciful future Written by William C. Duncan Photographers at the Deseret News captured powerful photographs related to the recent rioting in Salt Lake City. On successive days, May 30 and May 31,...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jun 4, 2020
Young activists need knowledge, tools to create lasting change Written by Christine Cooke Fairbanks Protests-turned-rioting in Utah and across the country prompt two important questions: Do young Americans know our nation’s history of social change? And are...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jun 4, 2020
Goodbye to ACT & SAT exams? COVID continues to propel change in higher ed Written by Interim meetings at the Utah State Legislature this week and last discussed budget cuts to both K-12 and higher education in Utah – a fallout from the pandemic. Much...
by Derek Monson | Jun 3, 2020
Cycle of violence, fear and oppression can end with us Written by Derek Monson As a millennial, when I see young people joining angry protests that encourage violence from their participants, I’m reminded of a term coined during the Cold War : “useful idiot.”...
