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Why would anyone move to Utah?

10/20/2022

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Why do people move from one state to another? And why, in particular, would they choose Utah?
Do they come for a job? Did their current employer move them here? Can they work from home now, making them free to go wherever they want? Or is it the sunshine and the mountains?
Or do they look at tax rates and go wherever the government won’t get so grabby with their wallets?

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The one important thing candidates won't talk about

10/20/2022

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This year, Election Day and doomsday predictions seem to be on a collision course.
That may be unfortunate for incumbents, but it could be really bad for Americans everywhere.
Perhaps “doomsday” isn’t the appropriate word to describe the likelihood of a coming recession, especially one that many economists say will be short and relatively mild, according to the Wall Street Journal.
And the recession probably won’t begin on Election day. The collision course is more philosophical. But it involves philosophies that desperately need to be front and center in current campaigns for the House and Senate.
Unfortunately, they aren’t.

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Enough with the talk of a rigged election

10/11/2022

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Richard Nixon may have been one of the most flawed characters of 20th century American politics, but he understood the power a major party’s standard bearer holds over millions of supporters. 
Which explains at least one reason why he conceded the presidential election to John F. Kennedy in 1960.

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Why do people move to Utah?

10/11/2022

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Why do people move from one state to another? And why, in particular, would they choose Utah?
Do they come for a job? Did their current employer move them here? Can they work from home now, making them free to go wherever they want? Or is it the sunshine and the mountains?
Or do they look at tax rates and go wherever the government won’t get so grabby with their wallets?

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Here's where you'll find the real American spirit

10/6/2022

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Want to find the American spirit — the kind that built the West, innovated its way to new wealth and forged productive lives from what other nations might have considered wretched refuse? Look no further than refugees.
Six young ones who made their way to Utah — some recently and some several years ago — shared a stage at a United Nations Conference at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. When asked what sort of misperceptions they have encountered from Americans whose families have been here for generations, Dona Ibrahim, of Somali descent, born in Saudi Arabia and resettled in Utah at a young age, didn’t hesitate.

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    Jay Evensen is the Senior Editorial Columnist of the Deseret News. He has nearly 40 years experience as a reporter, editor and editorial writer in Oklahoma, New York City, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. He also has been an adjunct journalism professor at Brigham Young and Weber State universities.

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