Letter: We are still failing in how we react to people different from us
The Oct. 20 letter to the editor from David Warden titled “An invalid question” invites a reply. It portrays both confusion and historical ignorance.First, the question in Ann Cannon’s column, “How can...
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Giant discount liquor store opens in West Wendover, giving Utah buyers...
West Wendover, Nev. • It’s no mystery why Lee’s Discount Liquor, Nevada’s largest liquor retailer, opened its 22nd and largest store last month in the tiny town of West Wendover.“It’s the same reason...
View ArticleUtah was so dry last month, some parts got no rain at all
October was a dismally dry month for Utah.The state as a whole averaged just 20 percent of the precipitation it usually gets for the month, and most of that fell in isolated mountainous areas. The...
View ArticleLetter: Who was the bigger coward — Bergdahl or Trump?
As a military career veteran, I have no love for deserters. I do have a problem when a man who dodged the draft six times states that Bowe Bergdahl is a coward who should be shot. It seems to me that...
View ArticleLetter: How about a climate denier tax?
I own an electric car. I charge it with solar panels.I am OK with the idea of a “miles-driven” tax to support our roads and highway infrastructure, given that it is fair and graduated according to...
View ArticleLetter: Calling on Gill to resign not GOP chairman's prerogative
I see from the news that the Salt Lake County GOP chairman wants Democrat DA Sim Gill to resign because he does not think that Gill did a good job on his investigation of County Recorder Gary Ott.I...
View ArticleLetter: Visualizing Gov. Chaffetz
So a vast majority of Utahns think Jason Chaffetz would make a good governor.I guess the classic question — “Who ya gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?” — has been answered.Patricia Nelson, West...
View ArticleLetter: Senators, congressmen please heed the call: Hands off my 401k
Congress, it has been reported that you want to massively reduce the amount the American middle class can contribute to 401k programs tax-free. Tax-free contributions to 401k programs are an incentive...
View ArticleLetter: Mind the population — curb the growth
I often complain about the increased population in our valley, so I was pleased a couple of weeks ago when I glanced at an headline that said something like, “... concerned about the population growth...
View ArticleLetter: Let's embrace cost-competitive clean energy technology
Gary Sandquist’s Oct. 22 commentary on the state of the nation’s electric grid got one thing right. The reliability and resilience of our electricity system are critical to our country’s economic...
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From Utah to Cannes, Bountiful teen Millicent Simmonds wows the world with...
With three words in the closing credits of “Wonderstruck,” director Todd Haynes let the world know there is a major new talent in movies.Those three words are “introducing Millicent Simmonds.”Simmonds,...
View ArticleRoem will be Virginia's first openly transgender elected official
Virginia's most socially conservative state lawmaker was ousted from office on Tuesday by Danica Roem, a Democrat who is poised to become the nation's first openly transgender state lawmaker and...
View ArticleTrump just made a bad night for Republicans much worse for himself
Ed Gillespie made a bet.By embracing the political priorities of President Donald Trump, he figured, he could help bolster enthusiasm from Trump-supporting voters who'd nearly blocked his nomination to...
View ArticleWinners and losers from Election Day 2017
We now have new governors-elect of New Jersey and Virginia — along with a whole bunch of new data on where the Democratic and Republican parties currently stand in American politics.Election Day 2017...
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Mike Leach, a weekly viral sensation, has Washington State on track for...
Google “Mike Leach.”Go ahead.What awaits is an endless inventory of videos, stories and quotes, a search that immediately brings forth the unique, transparent, sometimes cranky, yet always crafty mind...
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Dana Milbank: Trump was on the ballot in Virginia. He lost.
Washington • President Trump may have been 7,000 miles away in Seoul on Tuesday, but make no mistake: He was on the ballot in Virginia when his imitator, Republican Ed Gillespie, lost the closely...
View ArticleIn authoritarian China, Trump's love of free expression on Twitter is put to...
Seoul • On the eve of President Donald Trump's first visit to China's capital, his favorite social media platform, Twitter, doubled its character limit for tweets to 280, offering twice the fun for the...
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Greg Sargent: Virginia bloodbath: Trump is exorcising the Democrats' midterm...
Among the big questions going into Tuesday’s elections were these: Would President Donald Trump’s unique combination of racism, authoritarianism and embrace of unpopular GOP policies energize...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Is college basketball fixable? Yes, but only with some radical...
As I checked the University of Utah basketball schedule to learn when AP Top 10 teams Arizona and USC would visit the Huntsman Center this season, it hit me: We can never look at these programs the...
View ArticleLiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA players reportedly arrested in China for...
Basketball dad LaVar Ball's middle son LiAngelo was reportedly among three UCLA freshman basketball players arrested in China for shoplifting, according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman.Many details around the...
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