Derek Monson
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Quick economic recovery is possible, but mounting evidence suggests it’s unlikely
While a quick recovery is possible, the evidence for a slower economic rebound in Utah is mounting.
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Operation Warp Speed: Utah lawmakers need to look at vaccine reforms now
If a safe and effective vaccine is developed in 2020, we should all want our state vaccine policies and regulations primed and ready to encourage the quickest and broadest possible public access to the vaccine – especially given how fast…
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Pandemic budget losses are painful but offer opportunity
The pandemic is revealing that there may be ways to increase the return on investment of state tax dollars, especially in big-ticket areas like education, transportation and building construction.
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Harvard law professor seeking to ban homeschooling should celebrate educational diversity, not attack it
By extending the reach of freedom and opportunity for individuals and families, we illustrate what it is that truly makes America great.
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Utah rolls out plan to reopen the economy – will it ever be the same?
How we get food, shop, travel, work and entertain ourselves have all changed. Where and how could the pandemic permanently change economic life for families?
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Pandemic brings out religion’s unifying power … even for the nonreligious
In a time of crisis, such as the present pandemic, we are often reminded of fundamental realities that can be easy to forget or take for granted during better times.
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Staggering unemployment numbers, public opinion should inform lawmakers’ decisions
Minimizing the damage as we balance public health and economic concern during a crisis should be the policy goal for legislators, the governor, and local elected officials.
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Silicon Slopes collaboration could be the future of Utah medical care
Silicon Slopes, in collaboration with medical care providers, the state Department of Health and the state COVID-19 Task Force, recently launched TestUtah.com to assess Utahns online to determine if they need to be tested for COVID-19.
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Education experts predict pandemic will change public education
The public education system is likely to be permanently changed by the response to the coronavirus pandemic – or more precisely, by the knowledge gained by principals, teachers, parents and children during the response to the pandemic.
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Utah Leads Together and the consent of the governed
The plan’s success requires that those who administer it recognize the fact that governments “deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed,” in the words of the Declaration of Independence.