Monthly Archives: September 2003

by Michael Owen, September 11, 2003, The City Weekly.

The tenants of Independence Square, a colonial-style office building in a quiet Sandy neighborhood not far from State Street, include a doctor’s office, an investment firm, and a conservative think tank called The Sutherland Institute. A Utah-based nonprofit concerned with influencing public policy, Sutherland churns through the social issues of the day, assessing the issues of poverty, education, and the family—especially the family, which Institute President Paul T. Mero calls “the fundamental unit of society.” read more