I’ll admit that the current political climate has me a bit concerned. From social media to extended family gatherings, political polarization feels inescapable and all-consuming. Divisive rhetoric has only grown more inflamed as we get closer to Election Day. Where will it end?
Thankfully, Sam Abrams and Boyd Matheson report that there’s hope. My generation, Gen Z, and Generation Alpha are tired of extremism and hate and see no place for it in the future.
“The youth of America, though often maligned as selfie-obsessed, narcissistic and addicted to social media, clearly recognize that the nation is troubled by the current culture wars and defiantly declare that they reject polarization — real and politically perceived,” they write.
Read more from Abrams and Matheson on how America’s youth show the way to a brighter political future.
Inside the mind of Glenn Beck: Is America headed toward its ‘last exit?’
Glenn Beck recently invited the Deseret News into his rural Idaho ranch house to explain the stakes of the 2024 election. Brigham Tomco writes:
We’re sitting in Beck’s naturally lit art studio, just off the side of the home’s spacious great room. Fixed to a massive easel is a sketch Beck started the night before, in gray and rust-colored pencil strokes, of a Native American figure looking our way. Staring down at us is the massive head of an extremely rare white bison; sacred, Beck says, to local tribes.
Less than 24 hours earlier a politically motivated gunman had staked out a site on a golf course with apparent intent to kill former President Donald Trump — the second such attempt in as many months. Less than 24 hours before that, Beck was backstage with Trump at a fundraiser in Salt Lake City.
The immediacy of political violence poured a cool shadow over our conversation, punctuating a familiar phrase from Beck. “The Constitution hangs by a thread. Period,” he said. Oscillating, as he has for two decades, between morning zoo theatrics and talk show televangelizing, Beck diagnosed an America rapidly forgetting the principles previous generations died to pass along. Beck’s “calling,” as he put it, is to remind Americans what holds them together by exposing the lies that tear them apart — even if that means undermining confidence in the nation’s institutions.
Read more about what Beck says about America’s struggle between “the people” and “the elites.”
I’m currently writing to you from Northern Ireland, and I’m ecstatic to say that my upcoming return home will no longer include a lengthy trek between terminals at the Salt Lake City International Airport.
The airport unveiled the third completed phase of the its development program Tuesday, including the River Tunnel, which connects Concourses A and B and cuts the original walk in half.
“While we won’t get the steps in, we’ll be able to have a quicker commute from our curb, and our customers are so happy to get to the B gates and fly to places that are important in their lives,” said Steve Sisneros, the vice president of airport affairs for Southwest Airlines.
The unveiling also introduced a new sculpture, “Northern Light,” and a replica skeleton of the Jurassic dinosaur Allosaurus fragilis, the Utah state fossil.
Read more about the Salt Lake airport’s latest developments.
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