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Letter: C02 bad? Prove it.

A misleading article features a report from the U.S. Energy Information Association on carbon dioxide emissions ("Analysis shows where Utah stands with greenhouse gas emissions," May 14). By... Read more »

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Letter: Tornado, global warming

The people of Oklahoma are in our prayers after suffering this horrendous tornado going through their state. Of course, it took about five minutes for Sen. Barbara Boxer of California and Sen.... Read more »

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Michael Gonzalez: Yes, free speech is hurt when news bans offensive words

To fight for the good, we must be able to name the bad. As Orwell put it: "To think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration." Read more »

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Charles Krauthammer: IRS scandal was more than bad customer sevice

Both the acting and the previous IRS commissioners insisted that the singling out of groups according to politics was in no way politically motivated. More hilarity. It's definitional: If you... Read more »

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Letter: Caucus representation

According to the majority of state Republican party convention delegates, I'm an outsider. I have attended every party caucus in my neighborhood for the past 30 years, have been a delegate to the... Read more »

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Peter W. Singer: Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones

Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency. Read more »

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Letter: Entitlement battle

Today's political turmoil in the nation is mostly over states' rights and entitlements for the less wealthy. But states' rights is only a mask: The real center of conflict has always been power and... Read more »

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Doyle McManus: Obama needs to be more forthcoming about IRS

There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did... Read more »

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Letter: Medicare nuance

Saturday's letter was typical of the misinformation out there about efforts to remove Obamacare ("The real death panels," May 18). As a fellow senior, I can clearly see that our Medicare needs... Read more »

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My view: There is no time for delay on comprehensive immigration reform

Businesses succeed by recognizing the right decision and knowing when to make it. Utah business leaders know the time for comprehensive immigration reform is now. Read more »

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George F. Will: Government's coercion is spreading

The recent actions of the Office for Civil Rights underscores today's widespread government impulse for lawless coercion; the impulse that produced the Internal Revenue Service's suppression of... Read more »

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Hans Peter Ibold: No, free speech isn't hurt when news bans offensive words

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — From now on, no one will be described in an Associated Press news story as an "illegal immigrant," "illegal alien," "illegal," or as "undocumented." The AP announced... Read more »

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The winners and the losers

Winner: The nation's teen birth rate is in steep decline, and Utah is one of a handful of states where it fell more than 30 percent over a four-year period Read more »

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Letters: 'My View' irresponsible

Publishing information in your paper that seeks to attribute the MMR vaccine to autism is grossly irresponsible and destructive. The link stated by Cindy Pokezwinski in this piece is not based in scientific fact ("MMR vaccine caused... Read more »

yesterday

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Letters: Founders' values

A lot has been said about gun control lately. The list of tragedies is way too long. I submit that the problem is not guns, though. Read more »

yesterday

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Letters: Fair Tax and the IRS

Recent news regarding the IRS targeting certain political groups and their members for harassment via tax-exempt applications and tax return audits provides further reason why we the people should vote to disband the IRS. Read more »

yesterday

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John Florez: Government a big vending machine

"Government is like a vending machine. You put in money, and you get out goods and services," according to Donald Kettl, policy expert. And then when you don't get what you want and the machine has... Read more »

yesterday

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In our opinion: Leave NCIC alone

Immigration reform is winding its way through both chambers in Congress, in fits and starts. Many proposals are being considered, rejected or lumped into bills that may or may not find their way... Read more »

yesterday

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My view: Voting member's perspective on the BSA policy change

I am just back in my hotel room reflecting on the envelope that was just opened by Wayne Perry, the National President of the Boy Scouts of America in a packed convention room in Texas. It’s... Read more »

yesterday

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Topic of the day: President Obama's speech on defense

A gathering of opinions from around the web on president Obama's speech at the University of Defense yesterday Read more »

yesterday

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White House press corps has been turned into potted plants

The White House Press corps has been changed for the worst over the years Read more »

May 24, 2013

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George F. Will: Obama takes a page from George Wallace's book

Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have... Read more »

May 24, 2013

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Letters: Bennett is right

What a breath of fresh air to read former Sen. Bob Bennett's article regarding John Swallow — something that really makes sense instead of the wild rhetoric to which we are exposed on a daily... Read more »

May 24, 2013

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My view: Fighting the ignoble reign of money

The older I get, the more I am convinced of the truth of the oft-repeated maxim suggesting money is at the heart of much evil. Read more »

May 24, 2013

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Letters: Let organizations decide

Rich McKeown, spokesman for Count My Vote (CMV) said, "We just think we can do better" (GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system," May 18). Read more »

May 24, 2013

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