A century-and-a-quarter ago, Utah’s Mormon culture yielded to a quest for statehood, culminating in 1896. Once formally admitted to the Union however, the dominant religion returned to its “dance” with the secularism it had chosen to adopt. This “truth dichotomy” continues into the present. To out-of-state visitors, Utah’s culture warfare may appear as a “dust-up” […]
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What’s the link between Utah and capitalismincrisis.org? I’ll explain. Consider a sign posted on the Boston Common, put there to dissuade messy picnickers five decades ago. Don’t Litter or We’ll Send You to Utah, it threatened humorously. It’s an illustration of why for some, Utah was and perhaps still is, a four-letter word. (Some consider […]
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Show me where you grew up, she implored. So I did. Together, Renae and I packed our SUV and headed West in the dead of Winter, away from Colorado’s Front Range, toward Ogden, one day’s drive. We sped along I-80, passing forlorn little towns with forlorn names like Green River and Rock Springs. As the […]
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