Rhett Wilkinson is a lead project manager for The Exoro Group, a public affairs firm in Salt Lake City. A senior in journalism and liberal arts at Utah State University, he has previously interned in Utah Congressional and Gubernatorial offices and for the Deseret News. Opinions are his own. Prosperity 2020 has a few […]
Archives for May 2013
Review | Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
May 26, 2013 by
It took me a long time to begin to like Jon Meacham’s portrait of Thomas Jefferson in Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. As I finished it, however, I found myself a reluctant admirer, appreciative of Meacham’s style and of the biography, not to mention of the man. Meacham is the author of two previous books […]
Senator Stephenson files bill to encourage Beretta to move to Utah
May 17, 2013 by
Maryland’s loss could become Utah’s gain. As Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley this week signed one of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, firearms manufacturer Beretta considered the effect of the new law on it long-time manufacturing operations in the state. “We are confronted with a state government that wants to ban our products […]
Review | Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff
May 16, 2013 by
There was a moment when reading Mitchell Zuckoff‘s latest book, Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II, that I crossed over from a mildly interested reader to a rabid page turner. I’m pretty sure it was in the first chapter, if not the […]
Report on Speaker Lockhart’s Comments at Utah State University [Contributor]
May 15, 2013 by
Rhett Wilkinson is a lead project manager for The Exoro Group, a public affairs firm in Salt Lake City. A senior in journalism and political science at Utah State University, he has previously interned in Utah Congressional and Gubernatorial offices and for the Deseret News. Opinions are his own. Utah Speaker of the House […]
Courage shown in speaking up against John Swallow [KSL]
May 14, 2013 by
The following is an op-ed piece that I wrote for KSL as posted this afternoon. SALT LAKE CITY — I’m sure there was a moment when Traci Gundersen wondered if making a bar complaint against Utah Attorney General John Swallow was a wise step for her career. As far as I can tell, she’s […]
Poll Results from “Insiders” on the Utah Nomination System
May 10, 2013 by
A couple of days back, I presented a very brief summary of the debate occurring in the Utah Republican and Democratic Parties about the efforts of an outside group, the County My Vote committee, to influence how Utah’s parties conduct their nomination system. You can read it here. I posted a poll of my readers asking […]
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