Why? Because my wife wanted me to fix the sink in the bathroom. Also, I had a deadline for work. More important, I couldn’t be bothered to waste my time.
The only people who could have made me go downtown for that event are my wife, my top editor, Jennifer Napier-Pearce, Salt Lake Tribune owner Paul Huntsman’s mom, Karen, and a police SWAT team. In that order.
However, according to someone I consider a good friend, the fact that I refused to accompany him to the demonstration makes me either a traitor to America or at the very least politically immature.