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  • Gouging? Or market forces

    It has become somewhat of a yearly tradition in Utah. Sometime during the summer, Utah's gas prices rise to levels above the national average. The governor's office responds either by launching an investigation, or, as happened recently, by announcing it will "monitor and analyze the situation."
    12:26 a.m. |16 comments

  • George F. Will: American Indian school takes learning seriously

    Seated at a solitary desk in the hall outside a classroom, the slender 13-year-old boy with a smile like a sunrise earnestly does remedial algebra, assisted by a paid tutor.
    12:26 a.m. |3 comments

  • Thomas Sowell: What should the West do about Georgia?

    What is happening in the republic of Georgia is all too reminiscent of what happened back in 1956, when Russian tanks rolled into Hungary — and the West did nothing.
    12:26 a.m. |17 comments

  • Mark Russell: Afterthoughts

    It has been nearly two weeks since President Bush warned Putin to pull his troops out of Georgia, and they're still there. This would never happen if the Republicans were in power.
    12:26 a.m. |0 comments

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