Plus, highlights from new BYU basketball coach's press conference
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 27 – 55° in Logan ☀️ 37 – 59° in Salt Lake ⛅ 53 – 84° in St. George Millions think the American dream is out of reach. The good news is America’s cultural elites are increasingly willing to confront the roots of these problems without regard to their ideological provenance. For instance, rising support across the political spectrum for marriage and stable families in American life suggests the pendulum is swinging back from extremist ideologies that have discounted their value. Read more about the rising support for the health of marriage in civil society. Also on our mind: The Arizona Coyotes coach seems to confirm the NHL team’s move to Utah, Mike Lee and Mitt Romney’s concerns about dismissing Mayorkas’ impeachment and what Americans think about the origin of COVID-19. |
| Utah Gov. Spencer Cox takes ‘Disagree Better’ to the TED Talks stage |
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| | Utah Gov. Spencer Cox brought his national “Disagree Better” campaign to his broadest audience yet as the only sitting elected official to speak at the biannual flagship TED Talks conference. Cox took the stage during the “bridge-builders” session Wednesday, midway through the four-day event held in Vancouver, Canada, which featured nearly 80 speakers, including Free Press founder Bari Weiss, activist investor Bill Ackman, Forward Party founder Andrew Yang, and dozens of artists, academics and business influencers. His 12-minute, memorized remarks challenged the depth of America’s political division, arguing that political polarization is less a problem of differences between Republicans and Democrats, and more the product of “conflict entrepreneurs in both the media and politics” who profit from exaggerating the extremism of the other side. Read more about what Cox says each of us can do to "help heal the divides in our nations and our neighborhoods.” | BYU officially introduced Kevin Young as its new men’s basketball coach Wednesday night at the Marriott Center in Provo. “This is an amazing place and it has been for a long time,” Young said. “What I want to do to take it to the next level is make this place the best place in college basketball to prepare young men to play in the NBA, and with my background, I think we’re going to get that done.” Read more of the highlights of Young’s introduction. |
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