Rick Larsen
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President & CEO at @SutherlandInst.
Utah, USA
Joined July 2017
Your brain is wired to focus on what’s wrong, not what’s right. For most of human history, noticing danger mattered more than noticing opportunity. Missing a good meal was inconvenient. Missing a threat could end your life. That ancient wiring is still with us today, which is
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Great profile of a good friend. “Former Sen. Mitt Romney staffer joins Utah’s Olympic organizers” – Deseret News
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Kelsey Berg is director of government relations for 2034 Winter Games.
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The recent federal shutdown highlighted how vulnerable states become when Washington holds the purse strings. In a new Defending Ideas episode, SPN Senior Policy Advisor Jennifer Butler joins Sutherland Institute(@SutherlandInst) to explain why stronger state authority and a
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A 43-day federal shutdown exposed how fragile state programs become when Washington can’t keep the lights on.
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32 years ago today, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was signed into law with overwhelming bipartisan support. RFRA guarantees protection for all Americans to freely live out their faith without unnecessary government interference. Happy anniversary, RFRA!
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Why Dr. Ben Carson says the family is in a 'perilous fight' – Deseret News. Thank you @graham-today for sharing why @SutherlandInst has defended faith and family for the past 30 years.
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The Sutherland Institute will honor the neurosurgeon and his wife at an awards dinner on Friday.
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Coug Alum Conner Mantz breaks the American record in this year’s Chicago Marathon!
HE DID IT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Conner Mantz makes HISTORY in Chicago with a 2:04:43 fourth-place finish, the fastest time ever run by an American. Mantz breaks Khalid Khannouchi’s 23-year-old American record of 2:05:48, as well as the all-conditions best of 2:04:58 set by Ryan Hall in 2011.
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We need to build national consensus around a commitment to innovative reforms to the social welfare system. This is because too many Americans feel “trapped” in poverty due to well-intended social welfare programs that, at times, disincentivize working and earning more — the
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Repost for a chance to win a Jon Gray autographed baseball as part of fan appreciation weekend! FOUR winners will be selected.
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Rick Larsen steps down as CEO of Utah’s oldest conservative think tank
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Rick Larsen, the 6-year president and CEO of the Sutherland Institute, will be stepping down from his position to focus on a personal health challenge.
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With a little more disclosure than I would personally prefer, I felt I needed to provide some context to this announcement. And I want to add to this; this is not an end - it’s a change. There are great things to come for @SutherlandInst
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The board of directors of Sutherland Institute announced that, effective January 1, 2026, Rick Larsen will become president emeritus at Sutherland.
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Gov. Cox is exactly right. He's been talking along these lines for years, and the need for his message has only gotten greater.
Gov. Spencer Cox: "We can return violence with violence, we can return hate with hate. That's the problem with political violence. It metastasizes. We can always point the figure at the other side. At some point we have to find an offramp, or else it's going to get much worse."
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I have been so proud to work in public policy @SutherlandInst for the past decade. Sound policy, however, is both necessary and insufficient. Personal character and virtue cannot be legislated. As @GovCox stated, we each make the choice. We must make the better choice. #utpol
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We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. 1-800-CALL-FBI Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ
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Republicans and Democrats in Connecticut, jointly denouncing the killing of Charlie Kirk. More of this, please.
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This moment is difficult to process. It shouldn’t happen in Utah. It shouldn’t happen anywhere. This is not how freedom and democracy works.
Our prayers go out to Charlie Kirk's family following his tragic passing. It is shocking that this type of political violence has made its way to Utah in response to free speech.
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