Recently I was discussing cannibalism with students in the context of human behavior. The Fijian Ratu Udre Udre deserves a place in the Cannibal Hall of Fame. He’s actually in “Guinness World Records” under “Most Prolific Cannibal.” He lived on the island of Viti Levu until his death ...
It appears that the immigration debate never ends. In 2015 I published an opinion piece in the Standard Examiner titled “A toxic debate on illegal immigration”, where I expressed the hope that both political parties would compromise and work out a bi-partisan bill on immigration to design ...
Electricity bills are climbing almost everywhere, and the reasons have little to do with ideology. Three forces are driving prices higher: massive new utility spending on infrastructure, rising natural gas costs, and growing capacity shortages in electricity markets as power demand soars from ...
As President of the Weber Fraternal Order of Police (Weber FOP), I want to share our endorsements for this year’s municipal elections — and explain why these candidates reflect the kind of leadership that strengthens our communities.
The Weber FOP represents law enforcement professionals ...
The summer I moved my family to Ogden to start teaching economics at Weber State, I spent a week at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Its founder, Edward C. Harwood, was a soldier‑engineer turned economist who believed that monetary stability was ...
We are giving ourselves away one sense at a time.
We’re giving our eyes away to our screens — phone, computer, TV. I watched an entire family at a restaurant fixated on their individual phones, the glow of their screens reflecting in their eyes as they retreated to different places, ...