by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
Park City physician Wing Province called out Utahns who fail to put aside differences and come together to be vaccinated. He is medical director of Intermountain Park City Hospital. Near the time of Utah’s legislative override of COVID masking mandates, this is what...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
Our post, “You Can’t Mandate Kindness,” was published in the Salt Lake Tribune under the title: “Utah Used to be a Place Where We Looked After Each Other” A reader comment to the Tribune, about the article, follows. Andrew G. Bjelland, emeritus professor of...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
The Utah Legislature voted to override locally imposed Covid-19 mask mandates, by nullifying local policies enacted by Salt Lake City and Summit County—in which Park City is located. Both cities are politically liberal, compared with the balance of Utah. There,...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Moral Development
What Happened to “Morning in America?” Ronald Reagan’s vision of “Morning in America” is never far from what it means to be a contemporary Republican. Four decades ago, Reagan reified the self-interested paradigm of American capitalism. His vision remains as a...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
Sloganeering Americans suffered a dive into profane sloganeering recently, connected with the televised win by race car driver Brandon Brown, a bystander. The strategy—intended by political opponents of Joe Biden to humiliate him—as they carried on behind Brown...
by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development
This season has been one of profound loss in Colorado’s Boulder County. There had been an unusual slide into Winter, with virtually no Autumn precipitation. A dry Fall—segued into a dry Winter—of unseasonably high temperatures. A Winter with tinder-dry...
