Sen. Orrin Hatch: Tolerance has become intolerant. But there is a cure.

By Orrin G. Hatch | Tuesday, September 11, 2018

For far too many of us, tolerance seems to be a mere tool of convenience — expedient only insofar as it protects the people and principles we already agree with. Beyond that, it becomes a nuisance. That’s why, on both the left and the right, we are quick to demand tolerance but loath to extend it to others.

SARA EBERTSeptember 11, 20182018

Geneva conventions for the culture war

By Orrin G. Hatch | Friday, July 27, 2018

America’s culture war has reached a tipping point. While our politics have always been divisive, an underlying commitment to civility has usually held citizens on both sides together. As the partisan divide deepens, it becomes clear that we need to take meaningful steps toward de-escalation. Something must change before anger succumbs to violence.

SARA EBERTJuly 27, 20182018

Identity politics threatens the American experiment

By Orrin G. Hatch | Friday, May 18, 2018

I am more than the sum of my parts, and so is every American. Yet increasingly we sort each other into groups, making sweeping assumptions based on binary labels: Democrat or Republican, black or white, male or female. These labels are mere pixels in the picture of an individual’s identity; they are not the picture itself.