The Deseret News' best illustrated works from 2023 celebrated the overlap of American culture, politics, society and thought. They feature topics where society struggles, triumphs, connects and conflicts.

Some illustrations are new ways to illustrate concepts we’ve long professed or understood: pants on fire or a new way of looking at the Utah state Capitol architectural elements.

Other concepts paired new things with old to create completely new ideas: the Statue of Liberty in forward motion wielding a mom-scale handbag. Two disparate voices shouting ideas from American canonized documents. Two bald eagles engaged in a free-for-all.

For 156 years, Lindquist morticians have looked forward

How has Lindquist Mortuaries, the family business John E. Lindquist currently caretakes, managed to survive through 15 and a half decades with no signs of, pardon the pun, dying?

“We’re a progressive bunch, always have been,” the undertaker says. “Lindquists look forward. I think that’s the secret to our success.”

It goes back to the very beginning, 156-plus years ago, when the original Lindquist, a furniture maker fresh off the boat from Sweden named Nils, was asked by Brigham Young to take his family and move to the hinterlands, which in 1867 meant “Logan.”

Read more about the the Lindquist family business.

FROM VOICES

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Health

• Here’s the reason why women need more sleep than men (Deseret News)
• California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants (ABC)

Faith

• Video: Elder Uchtdorf testifies of the ‘Work of God’ — ‘I know that ... He is there for me’ (Church News)
• Church distributes 200 millionth copy of the Book of Mormon (Church News)

Entertainment

• The 10 best family films from 2023 (Deseret News)
• Jeremy Renner almost died last New Year’s Day. Since then he’s been leaning into life (CNN)

Politics

• Let’s rewind: 5 eyebrow-raising moments in politics in 2023 (Deseret News)
• CJ Pearson is back and wants to be a ‘megaphone for conservative values’ (Deseret News)
• Utah Republican lawmaker wants to legalize lottery to help pay for property tax cuts (KSL)
  

Utah

• Parents petition school board to reinstate ski day in Cache County (KSL)
• DWR, Utah State Parks hope for cooler temps ahead of ice fishing events (KSL)
• Weber County using opioid settlement money to treat inmates recovering from addiction (Standard Examiner)

The West

• This Arizona woman escaped domestic violence and now seeks to help other survivors heal (Arizona Republic)
• Their family members were lost to history. These records led them to find their graves (Seattle Times)

The Nation

• US economic data points to 'real momentum' for 2024, White House says (Reuters)
• The Deseret News Editorial Board: This word described Americans in 2023 (Deseret News)

The World

• Queen Margrethe II: Danish monarch announces abdication live on TV (BBC)
  
• Taiwan considers joining ICC to deter potential China invasion (The Guardian)

Sports

• Tracker: Will Puka Nacua break even more NFL records this year? (Deseret News)
  
• How ball movement improves the Jazz’s transition defense (Deseret News)
  
• Branden Carlson’s latest career night sparks a rally — and — win for Utes over Huskies (Deseret News)