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Leonard Pitts: Does being a land of plenty make us a land of good?

Our ability to have whatever, whenever, is fragile enough to be undone by idling trucks or an unruly virus.

(Sean P. Means | The Salt Lake Tribune) Empty shelves that would usually hold packaged organic lettuce sit in the produce section of the Smith's Marketplace at 455 S. 500 East in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Utahns report similar shortages of several grocery items, blamed on supply-chain issues tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.