Sutherland Institute
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Utah Teacher of the Year: Be kind to each other in dizzying new territory
While it will be tempting to critique a teacher’s inchoate distance learning plan or criticize the layout of an online lesson, remember that the vast majority of teachers, like you, are in new territory.
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Who should resolve religious freedom conflicts and how?
Advocates of religious freedom need to continue litigation activity but must begin to pay more attention to legislation.
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Prescription Drugs 101: The players
The prescription drug market can feel overwhelmingly complicated. There are multiple players with sometimes unfamiliar names. The impact each has on the price we pay at the pharmacy is not always clear.
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Give parents flexibility in use of education funding – especially now
Should Utah allow funds to follow the student rather than the school? With parent demand for school options growing rapidly and student needs becoming clearer, the answer is yes.
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Transcript: Sutherland’s 2020 Congressional Series event with Rep. John Curtis
“It’s time to stop being on the defensive and go on the offensive. As conservatives, we know we can solve any problem with time-honored values, not government mandates and regulations.”
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Prescription Drugs 101: Understanding the price you pay at the pharmacy
This series will describe and decode each component of the prescription drug market for policymakers and interested members of the public through sound research and analysis, written to be understood by a general audience.
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Religious freedom conflicts can ensnare schools, healthcare workers
While conflict between religious freedom and LGBTQ+ discrimination (or other forms of discrimination) often gets attention, there are two other prominent contexts for conflict to arise: healthcare and education.
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New healthcare study puts U.S. at No. 4 in world
The index offers clues into how countries, and by extension states in the U.S., can create market-driven systems that increase the value of healthcare; that is, produce higher quality results for less cost.
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SCOTUS 2019-20 term marked by modest victories for religious freedom – read our Q&A with Jewish leader Howard Slugh
The theme of the term was incremental change. The Roberts court has adopted a slow step-by-step approach to building legal doctrine.
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Transcript: Sutherland’s 2020 Congressional Series event with Sen. Mitt Romney
ICYMI: The following is an unedited transcription of remarks delivered by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) during Q&A: Senate Updates & 2020 Priorities.