In December, I wrote the first article in a series I am doing that shares findings of a large study published in 2023 called The Girls’ Index. This first piece was titled “Troubling research on girls, confidence and social media.” Then, in late January, the second — “Concerning ...

In response to the guest commentary of Susan R. Madsen on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in the Ogden Standard-Examiner, “The link between domestic violence and religiosity,” let me say that I partially agree with her. Utah has a higher rate of domestic violence than most other states, but part ...

We live on an orb that rounds its way around an ever-bending corner on its path about a star, dangling along our companion Moon. All the while, we get a glimpse of other wandering bodies tracing out their own paths about the Sun. This collection makes for interesting, sometimes unforgettable, ...

My mother passed away on December 23, suddenly and unexpectedly. She and I had a complicated relationship and would go months without speaking. Things got easier when I moved to Utah and texting became a normal way of communicating, but the relationship remained complicated. The first thing I ...

Is America open for corruption now? Unabashedly? Nakedly? Are we tossing aside not just our hard-won victories over infectious diseases but also the more than hundred-year battle against fraud, bribery and graft? Honest, clean government doesn't follow automatically from democracy. Before ...

Angels play basketball. I watched a whole team of them last Saturday doing what these angels do — play excellent basketball and bless the life of a young friend of mine. Crowds quickly recognize when a special needs kid is on the court. Usually it’s because she’s the kid who never ...