Americans today are justifiably angry about the price of rents and mortgages. Home prices have roughly tripled over the last 25 years, and the median home price is now $415,000. The 30- and 40-somethings are having a tough time buying a first home. Young families may need to pay a whopping ...

My New Year’s resolution is to be data-informed rather than data-driven. Data is a map. Judgment drives. That distinction matters more now than ever. We live in a world awash in data, metrics, and analytics, all promising clarity. But data does not decide what matters. Humans do. When we ...

My son performs magic now. He picked it up at a friend's birthday party -- a sweet, old-fashioned affair with a magician and a goodie bag that instead of cheap plastic trinkets had the materials for three tricks basic enough that even a second grader could master them. After the pizza, ...

I live less than a mile from a fire station. Our street is the main route to get to certain parts of our community, so seeing fire trucks and ambulances racing past with lights flashing and sirens blaring is a common occurrence. It has meant being awakened a few times — but it also means our ...

Utah likes to pretend it does not have a marijuana problem. Cannabis is still illegal here, at least on paper. But anyone with modest money, Medicaid, or basic persistence can obtain a medical marijuana card without much difficulty. I know, because I have one. What Utah has built is not a ...

Keeping men out of women's sports is smart policy and smart politics. Just look at what happened recently in Nevada. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo recently rolled out the Protect Girls' Sports initiative. As the name implies, he wants to amend the Nevada Constitution to keep biological boys and ...