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Braden: Third Party Votes Just Symbolic Gestures

Braden: Third Party Votes Just Symbolic Gestures

By Paul Braden April 17, 2018

Presidential elections have a habit of inciting a special type of vitriol not normally attributed to the potentially more impactful, but certainly less acknowledged local elections. Through dividing discourse,...

Braden: Vetting Research in the Internet Age

Braden: Vetting Research in the Internet Age

By Paul Braden April 11, 2018

The overabundance of available information in recent times, both fact-based and otherwise, has made sifting through the weeds to determine truth a task itself. However, the pursuit required to follow the...

Braden: Partisanship Causes Confusion About DACA

Braden: Partisanship Causes Confusion About DACA

By Paul Braden April 9, 2018

Last September saw the end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program better known as DACA, and as a result of its undue closure, many hardworking, educated immigrants will soon be forced to...

Braden: Perception and Experience Fall Short of Defining Morality

Braden: Perception and Experience Fall Short of Defining Morality

By Paul Braden April 4, 2018

A simple click of the TV remote through the seemingly endless number of broadcast news stations might elicit different reactions based on the viewer. For some, frustration is the overwhelming sentiment....

Braden: The Opioid Crisis Also Affects Students

Braden: The Opioid Crisis Also Affects Students

By Paul Braden April 2, 2018

Late last year during a White House Press event, President Trump decided to fulfill one of his long anticipated campaign promises: to declare the opioid crisis in America a “National Emergency.” Well,...

Braden: Trump Suggests the Government Skip Due Process and Take Guns First

Braden: Trump Suggests the Government Skip Due Process and “Take Guns First”

By Paul Braden March 14, 2018

Late last month Donald Trump, populist candidate turned U.S. President known for championing the Second Amendment, sent shock waves through Washington when he announced his feelings (at the time) about...

Braden: Salt Lake: The Next Silicon Valley?

Braden: Salt Lake: The Next “Silicon Valley”?

By Paul Braden March 12, 2018

The Salt Lake Valley was described by early settlers as being a cricket-infested, barren landscape devoid even of the lumber needed to build a proper settlement. Over 170 years later, this religiously...

Braden: Illegal Immigration is Down, but Support for the Border Wall Remains

Braden: Illegal Immigration is Down, but Support for the Border Wall Remains

By Paul Braden March 6, 2018

Immigration as a political talking point has seen increased levels of popularity in today’s polarized discourse. For the right-wing, there appears to be a superstitious fear regarding illegal immigrants...

Braden: The Olympics are Bankrupting Athletes

Braden: The Olympics are Bankrupting Athletes

By Paul Braden March 3, 2018

Every four years, athletes from over 200 countries gather for the chance to represent their respective countries in the pinnacle of sports competitions; the Olympic Games. Armed with years of demanding...

Braden: LDS Growth Declines, But Not For Long

Braden: LDS Growth Declines, But Not For Long

By Paul Braden March 1, 2018

For people living in Utah, a familiarity with the "Mormons" or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is an inevitability. Spires from Mormon meeting houses dot the streets in every direction....

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