CYCLOPS: One minute a liberal, then a conservative A local businessman took issue with last week’s column encouraging Jordan School District to consider a small property tax hike rather than fire 500 employees (250 teachers), and significantly inc...
One of the most heated battles in the Utah Legislature this year is one that leaves most Davis County readers yawning. Yes, Jordan School District, those west-siders layered with sprawling suburbs...
As I’m reading the Sunday newspaper, I come across an article stating that half of senior citizens still owe on a home mortgage. I’m surprised, but my wife, a banker, is not. “Oh, I see that all ...
Party Lines
PARTY LINES: The ‘best’ and ‘worst’ of the 2010 Legislature The worst things about this year’s legislative session included the tremendous budget shortfall, and the shadow cast by the arrest of Sheldon Killpack for the suspicion of drunk driving. I have a...
The 2010 Utah legislative session is about to end and I’m sure that nobody is looking forward to the close of this year’s 45 day session more than the 104 members of the Utah State House and Senate...
Like most Americans, I enjoy a good holiday. Especially those of the three-day weekend variety. Last week, Sen. Mark Madsen briefly vetted a proposal to have the state commemorate gun-maker John ...
In 1993, as a compromise to allow gay Americans to serve our nation in the military, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy: was passed by Congress. Since that time more than 12,000 service members ha...
Passionate supporters of holding the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC) in Salt Lake City can be cheered that the Utah capital is one of a handful for the final selection site. Phoenix and T...
Value Speak
A simple, singular act of human decency It was an easy thing to do, really. Oh, sure – there was a certain amount of risk involved. And it did represent a significant deviation from standard operating procedure. But when it came right...
It was the Most Important Day of second grade, and Sarah was ready. And why not? She had been looking forward to this moment since . . . well, since the Most Important Day of first grade. But no...
The first time I saw Patrick Swayze he was saving a man from a beating. It was pretty heroic stuff. See, this one really bad guy was about to lay into this other defenseless, gentle soul with a w...
Staff
Education Beat: Missing the point I pledge myself, to the best of my ability, to help the students of Davis County and all over the nation and world to love to learn. Many similar pledges of service, kindness, patriotism and more ...
Recently I had done a few articles about the Gateway 8 movie theater being closed in order to be revamped into a better, more “customer friendly” theater. The comments that were left by some of ou...
In the recent debate over the sex education curriculum, the question was asked, “when were schools given the responsibility to teach students about sex?” The answer: When parents didn’t start talki...
Inside Story
Hunting on Antelope Island would
tarnish its wild, natural appeal I’ve had my eyes opened after watching Ken Burns’ new documentary series about America’s national parks. I grew up visiting the parks but never thinking about how they came to be. The parks alway...
Saturday night my wife and I were sitting in our Las Vegas hotel room, watching the 11 p.m. news. The lead story was about two parents pressing a search for their missing 30-year-old son. It was ...
Our world was turned upside down by a phone call Thursday evening, exactly two weeks ago. This isn’t the type of column I ever expected to write because bad news happens to other people. And as ...
Minute for Parents
Is your home happy? Is your home a happy place for your children—not an indulgent, do as you please place—but a happy place? Do your children know that you really do love them? Do they feel that love and caring? ...
I looked out of the window of my car before entering a local store and was so very grateful for my car. In my case my car has a ramp that comes out of the side of the car when I push a button. W...
I f you want your children to understand how God worked through wonderful men to create the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, you need to take the time to teach them that. If you w...
Alzheimer’s is an insidious disease. Those suffering are totally aware at the beginning that they are heading down a frightening path. Even at the height, they realize “something is wrong.” Those...
You would think that after three decades of being in the media, there would be few surprises concerning audience response. With that said, we are somewhat dismayed over a couple of surprises we re...
This year, our New Year’s resolution is to not make any New Year’s resolutions! Last year taught us that we are not always in control of what happens, so this year we are going to work on persever...
Sharon May
Laughing Matters: Trade thingamajig for Jones’es’s When I want to practice humility, all I have to do is use a doohickey in public. It’s a well-known and well-observed fact that my mechanical aptitude obviously drowned in the family gene pool som...
There’s a good reason why front doors have locks. They keep people from walking in and catching us doing idiotic things. Like weighing your head. It all started during a phone conversation with a ...
I admit it. Just three weeks into my resolution to forego all junk food for all eternity, it seems the only “resolve” I have left is the carpet cleaner on my shelf – and even that’s almost empty. ...