Letter: Just go back to paper ballots
There is a very simple way to stop Russian hacking of our election processes, save money and mitigate the voter fraud that concerns Trump. Go back to paper ballots and volunteers counting them.Errol...
View ArticleLetter: New administration is riding the momentum
I see now Republican attempts to credit the current administration with strong economic numbers. I heard the latest White House press secretary credit this administration with a “million new jobs”...
View ArticleLetter: Ardean Watts was a divergent thinker
As an adolescent I was captivated by an iconic Utahn named Ardean Watts. Watts with his Brigham Young beard and his punk music attitude (before punk music existed) gave me hope that a divergent thinker...
View ArticleLetter: Time to improve the ACA, not bash it
Good suggestions abound for fixing the Affordable Care Act, rather than letting it implode as President Trump wishes. Let’s not hurt millions of Americans. Congress and the Trump administration could...
View ArticleCatherine Rampell: If Trump were an immigrant, he'd probably be deported
WASHINGTON • How might President Trump fare in the “merit-based” immigration scheme he just endorsed?If he were an immigrant, there’s a decent chance he’d get kicked out of the country.The...
View ArticleCommentary: Math doesn’t have to be cringeworthy
How often have you heard someone say, “I’m not good at math,”or, “I’ve never been a ‘math person’”? As math educators, we’re used to parents, students, fellow teachers — and even strangers — sharing...
View ArticleUtah teen girls break through stereotypes at firefighting-based Camp Fury
After more than 10 years as a Girl Scout, 17-year-old Shelby knows a thing or two about going to camp.As a member of Troop 1, which exposes older Girl Scouts to sailing, canoeing and whitewater...
View ArticleSLC police triple nighttime presence near violence-plagued Pioneer Park and...
A heightened nighttime police presence in Salt Lake City’s recently violence-plagued Rio Grande district is expected to continue at least into early next week, officials said Saturday. “This will...
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How did Salt Lake City’s homeless district get so bad and why can’t we fix it?
The area around Pioneer Park and Rio Grande Street’s homeless shelter has long been a place to score illegal drugs. Crack cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol were the substances of choice until about...
View ArticleUtah Senate staff chief leaves to take on same role in AG's office
Ric Cantrell, chief of staff of the Utah state Senate, is leaving his post after 14 years working for the legislative chamber to take on a similar role for Attorney General Sean Reyes.He will be...
View ArticleKirby: Dear missionary, read between the lines
Editor’s note • Robert Kirby is recovering from rocket-related activities. This is a reprint of an earlier column.I just received a letter from an LDS missionary. Because he wants to continue being a...
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Mayor Ben McAdams posed as a homeless person for 3 days and 2 nights. Here's...
The first piece of advice he got was “Don’t take off your shoes.” The second, “Don’t go to the bathroom after dark.”Though Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams heeded both, it didn’t make him feel any...
View ArticleCommentary: Carbon threatens our state’s economy
The recent Rocky Mountain Power proposal to increase net-metering fees on its solar customers is a drastic step in the wrong direction. People in Utah who are investing in solar are doing their part...
View ArticleCommentary: It’s time to close the Hogle Zoo. Permanently.
The London Zoo was probably the first zoo opened to the public, in 1847, the same time Brigham Young arrived in our valley.At that time, a zoo made sense. People could barely imagine many wild animals....
View ArticleLetter: Musical is the Mormon Kristallnacht
Saw “The Book of Mormon” recently on Broadway, then “Fiddler on the Roof” the following night.“Book of Mormon” sets a new standard nadir in the field of raunchy, bigoted satire, making good shock...
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How do drug addicts fall to Rio Grande Street? It can be a quick trip, they say
She used to be the lady next door. Now she’s strung out on Rio Grande Street.Old stereotypes of drug addicts are fading away as the pharmaceutical painkiller epidemic sweeps across all social strata in...
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Critics say syringe exchange ‘party packs’ enable drug use and add needles to...
House Speaker Greg Hughes says he “laughed out loud” when Rep. Steve Eliason first broached the idea of handing out clean needles to drug addicts. It proved to be no joke.Eliason won over his fellow...
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Summer program pays high school students cash to get a head start on classes
Midvale • Ben Fuentes starts high school later this month — and he’s actually feeling confident. For the past six weeks, Fuentes and fellow soon-to-be freshmen at Hillcrest High School have spent their...
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Women’s Redrock Music Festival: ‘Come down to the desert and be a part of...
Torrey is a town of a little more than 200 people located a little more than 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, along State Route 24 in Wayne County.When the Women’s Redrock Music Festival takes place...
View ArticleLetter: Don't let Rocky Mountain Power gouge us
Rocky Mountain Power’s dishonest attempt to gouge solar customers with an unreasonably high service fee and arbitrary demand charge is unfair.I live in Salt Lake City in a house that has solar panels...
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