Opinion

In our opinion: Scouting success will come from devotion to ideals

The state's communities have benefited enormously from the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Robert J. Samuelson: Can Americans stem future increases in health care spending?

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 »

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Letters: The buck stops here

Hearing of the administration's recent scandals, it's refreshing to remember President Truman who kept a placard on his desk which said: "The Buck Stops Here." Read more »

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My view: Why moderates lost the caucus vote

Recently, many moderates have been wringing their hands over how conservative the Utah Republican Party has become. Their failed efforts last Saturday to persuade the delegates at the Republican... Read more »

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Letters: IRS corruption

Recent revelations about the corruptibility of the IRS targeting people who had the audacity to believe in the U.S. Read more »

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Letters: Government, health care

Lew Jeppson stops short of the conclusion he should have drawn ("The real death panel," May 18). Read more »

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Letters: Beware slippery slope

Was it irony or poetry that resulted in Hyrum Anderson's letter "Gun logical fallacies" being placed on the page adjacent to Michael Gerson's column about the recent exposure of IRS abuses of power ("IRS abuses bring out the... Read more »

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On second thought . . .

The state announced last week that the Timpanogos Highway again has to face months of more construction work. The road, which originally was supposed to open in May 2011, has had more false starts... Read more »

15 hours ago

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Top scandals and controversies of each US president

A look back at the biggest scandal or controversy for each U.S. president. Read more »

18 hours ago

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Are democracies working?

E.J. Dionne delves into the weakness of current democracies. Read more »

18 hours ago

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The death of private education?

In this piece from the Atlantic, Chester Finn talks about the death of private education in the states. Read more »

18 hours ago

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Tolerance and the same-sex marriage debate

In the New Republic, Michael Kinnsley criticizes John Hopkins University for pressuring a speaker to quit over his stance on gay marriage. Read more »

21 hours ago

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In our opinion: Prepare for outdoors

The warm-weather recreation season is beginning, and Utah families will be wise to take note that according to public health agencies, those most vulnerable to death and injury from... Read more »

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Letters: More for malnutrition

As we celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day, my thoughts go to those parents around the world who are unable to provide even the very basics to their children. In the last 30 years, there has... Read more »

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Letters: No welfare, ever

Why can't people learn from history and realize it is not the role of government to "provide" for the poor? When the government confiscates from taxpayers, which is mandatory, to give to the less... Read more »

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Robert Bennett: With public trust waning, Swallow needs administrative leave

With public trust gone, Utah Attorney General John Swallow should take leave as his case is worked out. Read more »

yesterday

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About Utah: Without fanfare, the National Ability Center in Park City has taken the 'dis' out of disability

Since 1985, the National Ability Center in Park City has shown people with so-called disabilities how to adapt and enjoy the many benefits of sports and recreation. Read more »

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My view: One woman's story of redemption brings message of hope

Survivors from the world of drug addiction and the dark world of sex trafficking and violence often have heart-wrenching stories. Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Letter: Investigate all levels, from Swallow to the Obama administration

It's not often I agree with columnist Richard Davis, but I concur with the BYU professor regarding the need for Utah Attorney General John Swallow to be the subject of a special investigation or... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Letter: Death camp contrast: Why the silence on Soviet Union camps?

Nazi Germany ended in military defeat in 1945. The Soviet Union ended in political collapse in 1991. Both nations used concentration camps that resulted in the deaths of millions. Few camps in the... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Letter: Labeling all exotic animals as dangerous is extreme

Recently, an issue regarding snakes in a private residence became newsworthy because of a prejudicial ordinance restricting exotic pets ("Exotic snake collector keeps his pets — for now," May... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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George F. Will: President Obama's new second-term agenda? Building trust

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Robin Abcarian: Military sexual assaults were supposed to end

On Tuesday, a week after the Air Force announced its chief of sexual assault prevention had been arrested in Las Vegas for drunkenly assaulting a woman in a parking lot, the Army announced that a... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Charles Krauthammer: Americans deserve the facts, not conditional truth

Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Matthew Spalding: Patriotic Americans should redouble their efforts

Across this great land, patriotic Americans are behaving subversively. We're quoting from our pocket Constitutions, starting reading groups to discuss our founding documents, even gathering... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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In our opinion: Big screen exploitation of women should concern the culture as a whole

In the 1940 romantic comedy "The Philadelphia Story," actor Jimmy Stewart's character soothes the fears of Katharine Hepburn's character, who worries he may have forced himself on her while she was... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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