Jay Evensen
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I'm the Opinion Editor for the Deseret News @deseret, a journalist with four decades of experience covering politics and social issues.
Salt Lake City
Joined November 2008
This is the third part of my series from Bangladesh: https://t.co/LRjvQoS7wJ
@NickKristof
deseret.com
Bangladesh's interim leader has hit on a solution, based on capitalism and entrepreneurship, that works for many.
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This is the second part of my series from Bangladesh: https://t.co/t8M5B6fftP
@NickKristof
deseret.com
In Bangladesh, this lifelong politician has been tortured, but she still fights for freedom.
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Read the stories I wrote from my recent trip to Bangladesh. @NickKristof
Muhammad Yunus, friend to Utah, works to bring peace and prosperity to Bangladesh. | By @JayEvensen
https://t.co/sGEGLfQtqX
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Muhammad Yunus is in danger of going to prison. The U.S. should speak out. @NickKristof @marwilliamson
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The prime minister of Bangladesh has been persecuting him for years. Now he faces criminal charges
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Why Utah won't be getting permanent free transit anytime soon. https://t.co/7zc6vNMnQZ
@RideUTA
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The transit authority had some success with free-fare February last year and plans a 10-day free period for the All-Star Game. Will transit riders see permanent free fares in the future?
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The governor @SpencerJCox and @slcmayor of the largest city may want it, but permanent free fares are not coming to Utah any time soon. #RideUTA
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Long Covid could be a reason for the labor shortage in certain industries. @long_covid @patientled
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A new report says as many as 4 million people may be unemployed because of long COVID-19 symptoms, while many others may be less productive because they struggle with symptoms while remaining...
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Student loan forgiveness doesn't solve the problem, which is that a college education is too expensive. #tuition @Deseret
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Student loan forgiveness ignores the root problem, which is that college tuition is too expensive and increasing too quickly
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We don't need more IRS employees. We need real tax reform and simplification. @insttaxreform @TaxReformAdvoc8 @UtahTaxpayers @Deseret
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The income tax in this country is far too complicated. Fixing that would take real, difficult and bipartisan work that neither side, apparently, wants to do, but it would solve a lot of problems.
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Muhammed Yunus, a frequent visitor to Utah and helper of the poor, needs support from the U.S. against baseless charges that could put him in prison. | By @JayEvensen
https://t.co/E7gV83dxhk
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Muhammed Yunus, a frequent visitor to Utah, needs support from the U.S. against baseless charges that could put him in prison.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is being unfairly persecuted in his home country. https://t.co/j7AlRpncl1
#Bangladesh #results @MittRomney #NobelPeacePrize
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Muhammed Yunus, a frequent visitor to Utah, needs support from the U.S. against baseless charges that could put him in prison.
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Should Utah pump Pacific Ocean water 600 miles to fill the Great Salt Lake?
deseret.com
Forty years ago the lake threatened to swallow us. Now, it’s disappearing. We can’t do nothing, and yet nature is bound to make our grand efforts look foolish.
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Read about my interview with Jon Huntsman Jr. on China's economic threat to the U.S.
deseret.com
Some are predicting China will soon surpass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world. How will it do this without fully embracing political freedom for its people?
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Why Biden's plan to forgive student loans won't solve the problem of expensive higher education. https://t.co/WWyOVL4r2y
@Deseret @DNewsOpinion
deseret.com
Across-the-board loan forgiveness would mostly benefit rich people while ignoring the root problem: enormous higher education costs.
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Paul Volcker taught us how to fix inflation. It takes hard work and makes politicians uncomfortable. Biden is not on that path. @FixtheDebt @Deseret
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Rising prices don’t respond to timid measures, lectures or gimmicks. Paul Volcker proved it takes fortitude and a lot of pain to stabilize inflation.
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Why Utah should be proud that it ranks 50th in gambling addiction. @SPGambling @LesBernal @DNewsOpinion @wallethub
deseret.com
Utah’s stubborn resistance to legal gambling makes it the state with the fewest gambling addictions in the country.
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Ukrainian refugees are running headlong into U.S. failures at the border with Mexico. #UkraineRefugees
https://t.co/SBCxZH7KPg
deseret.com
Inhumane treatment, long a hallmark of the treatment of immigrants from the south, is traumatizing refugees already scarred by war, who are coming because President Biden said they are welcome.
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Read my piece on a strange Utah paradox. The state has the 15th worst tax burden in the nation, and yet its people are the most stress-free. I thought paying taxes was the very definition of stress. @wallethub
https://t.co/FbtdCNPr2c
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A pair of studies by WalletHub shed light on Utah’s tax burden and stress levels compared to other states. What should we make of this?
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