New York Times columnist Mirza Shahzad Akbar speaks out about the forgotten victims of president Obama's use of drones in the war on terror. Read more »

A disturbing aspect of the advent of Common Core that I have not seen yet in the media is the way it was implemented. Read more »

The tornado warnings came just as school was ending Monday at Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, Okla. Some teachers hustled children to a nearby shelter at a church. Others moved young students to... Read more »

It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus system is not representative of the voters, and the delegates, endowed... Read more »

My son was a typically developing toddler. He met his milestones (walking, talking, etc.) early or on time. He received his first MMR at 19 months of age. The change in him was almost immediate. He... Read more »

What more evidence do we need to replace the income tax with an uncomplicated, straightforward national sales tax on manufactured goods (not food and utilities) than what we've learned about the... Read more »

Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight and every corner... Read more »

Today, by a vote of 61 percent, the Boy Scouts of America national executive board decided to change its membership standards policy and no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual... Read more »

Donald Gale has dreams, big dreams, dreams so big they can only be properly expressed by writing about this super serious dreams to change society with an app. Read more »

Yesterday Apple Inc. CEO was called before a congressional hearing as to why Apple failed to pay $30 billion in taxes last year. But did they do anything wrong? Legaly, no, most opinions from... Read more »

In a Washington Post op-ed, former Utah governor and ambassador to china John Huntsman, Jr., as well as former director of national intelligence Dennis Blair call for increased efforts to stop... Read more »

The illegal abortion trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell horrified the nation. Gosnell was found guilty of delivering late-term live babies in abortion attempts and then killing them by snipping their... Read more »

In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on products purchased from out-of-state sellers Read more »

Dan Liljenquist's gleeful recounting of adversity in the Obama presidency is unfortunate ("Chaffetz's search for truth in Benghazi paid off," May 16). Read more »

With the case for Susan Cox Powell apparently having hit a dead end, the case appears to be cold. Read more »

I am glad the Utah Department of Transportation made a thorough decision and listened to the many people behind the huge public outcry supporting the Glover's Lane option over the Shepard Lane... Read more »

Everyone expects the government to step in and help the victims of this most recent tornado as it has in the other recent natural disasters. Read more »

India and China together account for about 38 percent of the world's 7-billion-plus population. Because these Asian giants share a border, the whole planet holds its breath if they are at each... Read more »

We need more curious people chasing more problems of interest. That's a jobs bill that needs to be sponsored in every house. Read more »

Rey Kowalski makes the case for comprehensive immigration reform at the Christian Science Monitor Read more »

Meg Urry at CNN lays out the tech talk on what's happening to the Kepler satellite, but why it shouldn't overly worry us. Read more »

For a century, the Boy Scouts of America has provided the young men of Utah an unparalleled program of character development through outdoor adventure, leadership training and service. The state's... Read more »

We all know that Stein's Law will someday apply to health care spending, which has risen from 5 percent of the economy (gross domestic product) in 1960 to almost 18 percent now. What we don't know... Read more »