Last Friday, I worked late, and that made me cranky, so I need to get a few things off my chest. Ever get that way? For this month’s op-ed, I wanted to write about how unaffordable housing is in northern Utah. There are many proposed solutions. Some are misguided, such as Salt Lake City’s ...

Where did this guy come from? How did a TV personality end up leading America's defense department, especially in a time of war? Donald Trump put Pete Hegseth in charge of the Department of Defense. It's now officially called the War Department, but I'm not ready to go there. In one of ...

I push my filled grocery cart up to the self-checkout counter, take a deep breath, and begin. I found everything on my shopping list (plus more). I congratulate myself on the fine pork roast in my basket, the perfectly ripe bananas, and the discounted spaghetti noodles. It’s been a good ...

Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office -- one of whom was St. Thomas More -- and even the king's second wife, ...

We've reached the final stretch, folks. The final two weeks of the high school football regular season are upon us, and a handful of Northern Utah boasts a handful of programs with lots to play for late in the schedule. I've condensed last week's results, and some of my own thoughts, into a ...

Is the federal government's history of enormous deficits proof that it can keep up the borrowing? Some people think so, and legislators sure act that way. Federal debt held by the public now equals the size of the annual economy -- and is growing. Yet investors continue buying ...