Robert A. Goldberg: A symbol of hate sits in our own backyard

The controversy over Confederate memorials during the past several years raised our consciousness of the importance of knowing what our society honors and why.We felt the power of physical markers to constrict our sense of the world and our own lives. Monuments must reflect not only our greatest aspirations but also reject our worst intentions.The past is simply, never past.For many Utahns, this controversy seemed a distant storm with few implications for our community. Although more quietly, we