Good morning! Here’s your forecast for today: 🌤 57°–99° in Logan | 💧 10% chance ⛅ 77°–103° in Salt Lake City 🌤 81°–111° in St. George | ⚠️ Excessive heat warning Happy Friday! 🥳 Here's a roundup of the week’s best stories on Deseret.com. ——— 😡 A thoughtful perspective from Jacob Hess about the current state of American politics, the return of mob rule and his namesake's experience as a Latter-day Saint refugee who was driven from Illinois by a mob. 🗳️ Utah's race for the Senate has a tight margin, and our latest poll shows that Mike Lee only has a five-point lead over Evan McMullin. ❤️🩹 Twenty years after her abduction, Elizabeth Smart continues her advocacy for victims of sexual assault by piloting a new self-defense course aimed at giving children and adults the skills and muscle memory to get out of a bad situation. 💸 This week, the Deseret News Editorial Board asked what the country's endgame is when our Social Security and Medicare funds run out. 🤠 How did the Days of '47 Rodeo become such a success? Tommy Joe Lucia was born for this kind of work! 🦠 Utah had some of the best COVID-19 outcomes in the nation. Why? Reader Amy Newson from Bluffdale gave us her thoughts in this piece. 🧠 Ads for "brain games" make lofty claims, but do they actually work? 🤔 Mitt Romney has been a politically polarizing figure whose political ideas and actions do not fit neatly into one box. Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb discuss what this means for America, Romney and his political future in this opinion piece. ——— Tell me: How do you like this feature and would you like to continue to see a summary of the week's best stories in future Friday issues of Utah Today? What about every other day: Do you want more hard-hitting news or recipes or rants about book-to-film adaptations? Send us an email letting us know what you want to get out of this daily newsletter and what stories matter the most to you. Also on our minds today: President Jean Bingham will be the first woman to serve as grand marshal of the Days of '47 Parade, the housing market is entering recession territory and President Biden has COVID. (Get well soon!) | 