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Jennifer Rubin: Mr. President, the flood victims should come first, not your...
The exaggerated and unfair criticism of President George W. Bush in viewing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina from the air now afflicts all presidents. Afraid of being labeled insensitive and not...
View ArticleUtah football: Do the North Dakota Fighting Hawks have a fighter’s chance?
They’re led by a man who goes by Bubba.They’re a little more than an hour away from the Canadian border.They’re the reigning Big Sky Conference champions.And yes, the North Dakota Fighting Hawks have...
View ArticleProvo-Orem transit project is full steam ahead as opponents drop legal...
Citizens groups have abandoned legal challenges aimed at halting a controversial $190 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Provo and Orem, after a 4th District judge ruled Monday against one of...
View ArticleWhy do people join hate groups? Former members explain
Cries of “Nazis, go home!” and “Shame! Shame!” filled the air as Angela King and Tony McAleer stood with other counterprotesters at the “free speech” rally in Boston two weekends ago.They didn’t join...
View ArticleLetter: Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it
Memo to Rep. Paul Ray, (R-Clearfield; anti-California): Sir, be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.A viable secession movement in California would be highly likely to trigger...
View ArticleGroup sets hearings for ballot initiative aimed at curbing ‘gerrymandering’...
The Better Boundaries ballot initiative has scheduled seven public hearings this week to discuss its proposal to form an independent commission to handle once-every-decade redrawing of congressional...
View ArticleJudge: Lynyrd Skynyrd film violates 3-decade-old 'blood oath'
New York • A film created with help from a former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer violates a “blood oath” surviving band members made not to exploit the band’s name and history, a judge concluded as he blocked...
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Former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer finally meets Pope Francis
Washington • Sean Spicer finally got to meet the pope.Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirms the former White House press secretary attended a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday.The audience was part...
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Dana Milbank: Trump has united blacks and Jews
Washington • President Trump has united us, after all.He brought together the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Jews.This modern-day miracle was on display Monday, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the...
View ArticleLetter: Call out Trump’s bluster
At this point, I believe it has occurred to most thinking people to be more afraid of President Donald Trump’s reckless bluster than of Kim Jong Un’s aggression in the current contest to see who can be...
View ArticleTrump's Cabinet struggles with whether to defend their boss
Washington • Some seek their distance, delicately taking issue with President Donald Trump’s most controversial remarks. Others decide it’s safer to stand by him. Most would rather say nothing at...
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Ann Cannon: I’ve kept in touch with my Houston son and his family throughout...
This is the text we received from our son last Thursday: “In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a big hurricane coming our way.”Our son and his family live in Houston, and if we hadn’t heard about that big...
View ArticleLetter: Utah congressmen should join the climate caucus
Once again, we are presented clear evidence of our entering a dangerous era regarding the Earth’s climate. In the 2017 draft, “National Climate Assessment,” 13 federal agencies have presented concise,...
View ArticleBusiness leaders want Mexican gray wolves in Grand Canyon area
Flagstaff, Ariz. • More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern Arizona and eastern Utah.The business...
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Lives will be at risk if judge releases video of Utah courtroom shooting,...
An attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said that giving journalists video of a marshal shooting and killing a defendant in a courtroom would incite retaliation from a violent street...
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Dueling experts testify about what role Utah man’s psychosis played in arson...
In the early morning hours of May 22 of last year, a security camera captured Craig Crawford, shirtless and wearing no shoes, rushing in and out of the East Capitol Street home where his husband, John...
View ArticleState audit recommends the Lone Peak Fire Department improve its financial...
Lone Peak Public Safety District is changing its financial policies after an audit by the state of Utah found incidents that increased the risk of public funds being misused, including vehicles being...
View ArticleMexican restaurant in Midvale shut down for the second time in two years for...
A Mexican restaurant in Midvale has been shut down for the second time in two years after Salt Lake County Health Department inspectors found 41 potential health problems — including 19 violations...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: How did we get here anyway?
An old man gets absorbed in our national drama, same as you -- the paper is full of it, the madman who has moved into our lives -- and then suddenly I am distracted by the memory of lawn mowing. I once...
View Article'Patti Cake$' an energetic ode to mothers, daughters and Jersey
A Jersey girl aims to take on the world in “Patti Cake$,” a do-rags-to-riches story as overflowing with exuberance and charm as its plucky title character.Patricia Dombrowski (Danielle Macdonald) has...
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