In 2018, Utah voters approved Proposition 4, a ballot initiative that created an independent commission to advise on drawing congressional maps. That same year, Utah voters approved medical cannabis. Voters could make these policy changes via this extra-legislative route because Utah is one of ...
My daughter, who knows I annually beat myself up with New Year’s resolutions, asks what I have on this year’s list. I tell her I’m still working on it. Apparently last year’s resolution to overcome procrastination didn’t take. I also tell her how I recently noticed the word ...
Conversations about the differences between girls and boys—and between women and men—often make people uneasy. Some fear that acknowledging differences will reinforce stereotypes or limit opportunities. Yet ignoring those differences may do exactly the same thing. In Why Gender ...
As the calendar turns to 2026 (a fact I will fully accept in roughly 10.5 months), I begin my annual deep dive into the statistical realities of Utah’s real estate market over the past year. It is not that doing so can change anything about what has already happened, but it may help us all ...
Throughout his second term, President Trump’s tariffs have caused a rift with many traditional economic conservatives. Free trade is a long-standing conservative principle, they’ll say. No two countries with a McDonald’s have ever gone to war with each other. “Economic freedom ...
With the US contemplating increased violence against Venezuela it's well to review the history of US imperialism in the last 80 years. History has certainly vindicated the critics of US involvement in Vietnam. After World War II, the US bolstered the efforts of French imperialists to dominate ...
