This year, I had no New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been wondering about that. Does it have to do with the peculiar winter we’ve been having? Most of December and early January felt like March, minus the crocuses, and so there was no weather-related catalyst for self-reflection, no seasonal ...

Very often, I am asked for my own special beauty tips. “Anneli,” my friends say, “What on earth have you done to yourself?” Well, wonder no longer. Here are some of my personally guaranteed, no fail secrets. 1. For greatly improving your overall appearance in a short space of time, ...

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 ...

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 ...

I don’t know what it is, and perhaps there’s a diagnosis hidden somewhere in this admission, but I have close to zero focus these days. This condition continually gets worse, my attention eroding with each passing year. My office is an assembly of stacked papers and books on the desk, ...

In Utah we have wrestled with the question of who should redraw legislative district lines since at least 2018, when voters approved Proposition 4, putting the power in the hands of an independent commission. Citizen initiatives have also been questioned in this process. This brings us to Dr. ...