These are troubled times in American politics, the director of the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation said Wednesday, with innovation silenced by partisanship and the nation’s ability to solve problems arrested by divisions.
But Utah’s senior U.S. senator is offering hope, in the form of a planned academic and policy center in Salt Lake City to be named in honor of the seven-term Republican, who has announced he would retire in January.
“There is a dangerous force at play bringing America to a tipping point,” Hatch foundation director Tim Christensen said Wednesday in announcing details on the venture.