By Orrin G. Hatch | Friday, April 10, 2020
This week marks the celebration of Passover, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday — holidays that, for millions of people, symbolize the promise of rebirth, redemption, and renewal after a period of significant testing and adversity. These tangible symbols of hope are needed today more than ever.
Read MoreBy Orrin G. Hatch | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
That our nation has developed many, if not most, of the world’s modern life-giving, lifesaving medical treatments is a shiny fiber that runs through the strong fabric of the American Dream.
Read MoreBy Matt Sandgren | Monday, January 27, 2020
Data greases the wheels of the digital economy fueling new innovations in health care, science, transportation and technology. Its uses are manifold — and growing — to the benefit of companies and consumers alike.
Read MoreBy Orrin G. Hatch | Monday, September 9, 2019
Long ago, on the eve of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln made a heartfelt plea to the American people: Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory … will yet swell … when again touched … by the better angels of our nature. In a nation as divided as ours, how can we answer Lincoln’s call?
Read MoreBy Orrin G. Hatch and Ben McAdams | Saturday, July 13, 2019
America remains polarized on many issues, but both sides agree on one thing: Our high-skilled immigration system is broken. The good news? Congress is taking important steps to fix it.
Read MoreBy Orrin G. Hatch | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A dangerous idea is gaining traction in American politics, one that could have significant implications for religious liberty: court-packing. Since 1869, we have had only nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreBy 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.
Read MoreBy 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.
Read MoreBy 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.
Read MoreBy Orrin G. Hatch | Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Civility is the indispensable political norm. It is the public virtue that has greased the wheels of our democracy since its inception. Although nowhere mandated in our Constitution, civility is no less essential to the proper functioning of our government than any amendment, court ruling or act of Congress. Without it, little separates us from the cruelty and chaos of rule by force.
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