Leonard Pitts: The one and only Jackson Bezzant
Dear Jackson Bezzant:Hi, my name is Leonard. I read your dad’s Facebook post about you and wanted to share some thoughts.When I was your age, I was a shy, skinny kid with thick glasses, couldn’t play...
View ArticleOrem man threatens to kill his lawn if city doesn’t cut its water rates
Orem • A longtime garden enthusiast says exorbitant water bills may force him to turn against his own beloved grassy yard — if the Orem City Council doesn’t reconsider its water rates.Walt Nicholes, a...
View ArticleHerbert’s wish for more state control of health care may die in the Senate
Washington • Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to overhaul Obamacare — after multiple failures this year to fulfill campaign promises to gut the health care law — might be headed for a quick...
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Fifty years ago, a Catholic anarchist tried to help solve homelessness in...
The neighbors couldn’t leave their houses without getting hit up by panhandlers and homeless men, who had been using both the front and back yards at 1131 S. West Temple as a bathroom.Ammon Hennacy was...
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Patrick Page returns to Cedar City — with all the Bard’s bad boys in tow
Patrick Page returns to Cedar City this week, sharing Shakespeare’s thoughts on evil with audiences who weren’t yet born when the actor’s portrayals of Richard III, Iago and Macbeth made him one of the...
View ArticleLetter: Mother Earth is sick — but we are the ones who will suffer
Let’s imagine for a minute that, during the course of a routine X-ray, your family doctor discovers a mass on your mother’s lung. From other tests, the doctor feels strongly the tumor is cancerous; in...
View ArticleLetter: Clinton’s socialist agenda is what lost her the election
In response to letter writer Suzanne Jensen (Sept.15) issue from a purported dumbed-down American, I state the following: Most of us voted for Trump because the alternate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was...
View ArticleThe role coffee may have played in bringing about the Book of Mormon
There’s a lot going on in the Mormon world right now. Two recent major events may actually have an important connection.First, the LDS Church purchased the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon...
View ArticleLetter: The Tribune should enforce its own rules on letter length
My wife and I have always enjoyed reading the Public Forum in the Opinion section of The Tribune. On rare occasions a letter of our own or from people we know gets published. According to the letter...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: This tax credit can give working people a big leg up
As Congress considers tax reform, it should look at the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Two years ago, I started my first job as a severe special educator. I spent January through August working...
View ArticleLetter: Don’t like the bridge column? Don’t read it.
Just because I don’t read the Sports section or the Money page, or all of the comics and obits, doesn’t mean they aren’t the “go to” pages for other readers.How selfish of Edward Anderson to suggest...
View ArticleShould states ban abortions when Down syndrome diagnosed?
Plain City, Ohio • Kelly Kuhns rejected Down syndrome testing the first three times she got pregnant; the 36-year-old nurse from Ohio always knew she’d never terminate a pregnancy. But after her third...
View ArticleUtah football: Utes move up to No. 20 in AP Top 25, No. 19 in Coaches Poll...
Utah football has moved up three spots to No. 20 in the AP Top 25 and two spots in the Amway Coaches Poll to No. 19 after a Pac-12 opening slate win over Arizona. The top five of both polls remained...
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Anne Applebaum: A familiar fall from the pedestal
Few countries have ever been so closely associated with a single politician as Myanmar, whose public “face,” for many decades, was the brave and brilliant dissident Aung San Suu Kyi. I remember her...
View ArticleSalt Lake County readers celebrate banned books and intellectual freedom
At Salt Lake’s County Library Sunday, book lovers of all ages were encouraged to BYOBB — bring your own banned book.The nationwide celebration of Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 to celebrate...
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Gunman kills 1, injures at least 7 in Tennessee church rampage
Nashville, Tenn. • A masked gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday and opened fire, killing at least one person and injuring seven others before apparently shooting himself, an official...
View ArticleBYU football analysis: Coaches overestimated their returning talent on offense
Provo • It happened during spring camp, most notably after an open practice in Saint George, and again at BYU’s football media day in June.Head coach Kalani Sitake and offensive coordinator Ty Detmer...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake: Nick Rimando played like a younger man in shutout of Seattle
After the whistle blew, ending a 2-0 Real Salt Lake home victory over Seattle, RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando met Sounders forward Clint Dempsey in the middle of the field. The U.S. national team...
View ArticleFive burning questions as the Utah Jazz head into training camp
In the marathon of the NBA season, training camp is barely longer than the sound of the starting gun.And yet for the Utah Jazz, camp will draw intrigue thanks to new faces, new roles and a host of new...
View ArticleNFL: Lewis scores 3 TDs as Jaguars rout Ravens in London
London • Jaguars wide receiver Allen Hurns knew Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens had to be different.It was — significantly. Blake Bortles threw four touchdown passes, three to tight end...
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