The running shoe is all wrong for the human foot, so Orem's Golden Harper came up with a solution — a radically different shoe called Altra that is expected to do $20 million in sales this... Read more »

Graduation advice for my daughter: Bless people. Don’t worry about impressing them. And when God blesses you, enjoy the blessing and be thankful. Read more »

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is the case, these 100 witty political cartoons, which interpret the news of the first half of 2013, are packed with information. Many news... Read more »

The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) was launched by the National Governor's Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), both private organizations under... Read more »

State pensions, if not properly funded and costs cut, will lead to ruin for tax-payers. Read more »

Hassan Rowhani isn't likely to dramatically change the face of Iran overnight. While his campaign speeches promised better relations with the West, he has set strict conditions for those relations,... Read more »

Utah's plentiful natural resources could theoretically meet the energy demands of the nation for generations to come. In practice, however, many of those resources were placed off-limits in 1996... Read more »

In these post-Snowden days, the notion of anonymity is ludicrous. But so it has been for some time, though recent disclosures bring pause even to the habitually inured. It is one thing for Mrs.... Read more »

Don't strip wolves of their protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services declared victory and will remove wolves from the Endangered Species List. Many independent scientists have spoken... Read more »

Utah state delegates officially disapproved Common Core when they passed the anti-common core resolution this year by a 65 percent vote. Read more »

Immigration reform is perilously susceptible to politics and misunderstandings Read more »

Republican hypocrisy constantly stuns me. NSA spying: PRISM began under Bush, who also brought us the Patriot Act, specifically to legalize such NSA actions, but only now the GOP hates Obama... Read more »

In the depths of the Great Recession, when jobs were being lost and economic activity was badly down, Utah officials rejoiced when the National Security Agency (NSA) picked Utah as the site of a... Read more »

Silicon Valley has a problem. The furor over the Obama administration's use of technology to track possible terrorists has cast a spotlight on the private information Valley companies collect. Read more »

Is it not obvious that President Barack Obama's appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser proves that the voters made a terrible mistake in re-electing him? Rice is indeed Obama's... Read more »

Society is fortunate to have a teacher with Christel Swasey's ability to identify and teach what's incredibly wrong in our educational system (" Common Core an assault on liberties ," June 13). I... Read more »

Why should irresponsible people get money back (" Utahns will receive nearly $10.5 million from National Mortgage Settlement this week ," June 11)? The even bigger question is that people who lost... Read more »

With all of the criticisms leveled at our health care system in the United States, I think it is important to remember that there is also much to admire. Read more »

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is the case, these 100 witty political cartoons, which interpret the news of the first half of 2013, are packed with information. Many... Read more »

Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of... Read more »

Rekha Basu highlights the extent of rape and violence against women Read more »

Recipe for a 31.5 percent property tax increase: 1. Propose 47 percent increase. 2. Hold public hearing. 3. Mayor reduces increase to 39.5 percent prior to public comments. 4. Don't listen to... Read more »

A lighthearted look at news of the day. Read more »