For anyone doubting whether America is ailing and headed for an unhealthy next four years, President Donald Trump's exquisitely characteristic blaming of a midair collision of an airplane and a helicopter over the Potomac River on the promotion of racial diversity should be a wake-up call. ...

In January, my husband took dozens of students to the Sundance Film Festival, which he’s been doing for over a decade. When he started teaching, he worked hard to make it possible for kids to attend the festival, and this year, he was one of 13 teachers whom festival organizers recognized for ...

All right, everyone who’s really, really tired of listening to the political wrangling droning on, raise your hand. Yeah, me too. Sometimes, the only reason we tune into the chaotic confusion is because we humans harbor a morbid fascination for watching things like slow-motion train wrecks ...

Ever since obtaining citizenship and qualified to vote, I have found my values to be more in line with those of the Republican Party. However, in recent years, it seems the Utah GOP seems to be more and more concerned about having to share their power with the public. Their most recent move ...

Russ Larsen seems to be in error on a key point of his letter about who is responsible for the current fires in the LA area of California. Contrary to what Russ provided as fact, indeed California does not prohibit controlled burns. Half truths are harmful in this dire situation. All that I ...

It is hard to understand why the Utah Republican Party has declared war against Utah's public workers. Police, firefighters, teachers and other public workers are being threatened for speaking out about the needs of their professions. A member of the State School Board who is a career educator ...