Insights & Takeaways
Insights & Takeaways is Sutherland Institute’s official blog that informs the public and policymakers alike. The blog addresses important issues through the two distinct yet complementary lenses of the seasoned policy professional and the engaged citizen.
Insights: analysis, research, and informed commentary from Sutherland experts. For elected officials and public policy professionals.
Takeaways: the most important things voters need to know. For civically engaged citizens.
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PollingSupport for the Success Sequence: Overview of new survey data showing Utahns’ level of support for the principles of the success sequence
Read More: Support for the Success Sequence: Overview of new survey data showing Utahns’ level of support for the principles of the success sequenceResearch shows that young people who finish high school, work full time, and wait until marriage to have children avoid poverty as adults 97% of the time.
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Most likely voters in Utah support teaching ‘success sequence’ in schools, new Sutherland survey finds
Read More: Most likely voters in Utah support teaching ‘success sequence’ in schools, new Sutherland survey findsMost likely voters in Utah agree with the concepts of the success sequence and support teaching them in public school, a new survey from Sutherland Institute finds.
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TakeawaysAmicus briefs: What they are and how they impact court cases
Read More: Amicus briefs: What they are and how they impact court casesAs part of the legal process, the amicus brief plays a pivotal role in ensuring adequate attention is brought to every facet of the case.
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InsightsA success story: Using Junior Achievement in home-school co-ops
Read More: A success story: Using Junior Achievement in home-school co-opsSeveral Utah families have incorporated an annual hands-on entrepreneurial experience into their homeschool co-op through JA, and it’s become a highlight for students and parents alike.
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InsightsAnti-Israel protests, children’s access to obscenity show difficulties of finding clear free speech limits
Read More: Anti-Israel protests, children’s access to obscenity show difficulties of finding clear free speech limitsSupreme Court’s protective rulings on free speech have not resolved every area of controversy, as ongoing issues illustrate.
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CommentaryFor kids, marriage still matters
Read More: For kids, marriage still mattersWe should be teaching the ‘success sequence’ in public schools. Research has proven marriage’s value.
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LegalCedar Park Assembly v. Kreidler
Read More: Cedar Park Assembly v. KreidlerCenturies-old faith traditions and tens of millions of their adherents consider terminating the life of an unborn child to be a grave evil. Until recently, supporters and opponents of abortion rights acknowledged…
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InsightsFrom the archives: Be thankful for religious freedom (and the not-so-uniform Pilgrims)
Read More: From the archives: Be thankful for religious freedom (and the not-so-uniform Pilgrims)Thanksgiving is an appropriate occasion to talk about religious freedom. The Pilgrims’ baby steps toward religious toleration have had surprising but welcome ramifications through the last four centuries.
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TakeawaysAmerica’s experiment with free speech
Read More: America’s experiment with free speechAmerica’s First Amendment right to free speech is part of the nation’s way of life, but it does come with some boundaries.
