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Don Gale: Changing the world with GAL

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 »

1 hour ago

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The war on journalism?

Commentary's Jonathan S. Tobin explains the possible development of a new front in the war on journalism. Read more »

3 hours ago

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What others say: India and China

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 »

15 hours ago

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Timothy R. Clark: Real job creation requires finding ways to make people curious

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 »

15 hours ago

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Comprehensive immigration reform or bust

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

yesterday

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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 »

yesterday

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Lois M. Collins: Kids' summer 'bucket list' can foster real growth

My oldest daughter is excited by the fact that school's almost over. Saturday, working beside me in our winter-neglected yard, she kept up a steady stream of conversation about the plans she and... Read more »

yesterday

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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 »

yesterday

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Reporters' shield law

The following article from the Los Angeles Times welcomes the proposal of shield law, even if the motivation for it stems from a desire to avoid criticism. Read more »

yesterday

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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 »

May 20, 2013

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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 »

May 20, 2013

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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 »

May 20, 2013

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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 »

May 20, 2013

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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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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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Robert Moffit: Yes, the Affordable Care Act will affect doctors

Among President Barack Obama's broken promises, there is this gem of June 15, 2009: "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: if you like your doctor, you will be able to... Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: How will these national scandals affect Utah politics?

With Washington raked with scandal, Pignanelli and Webb discuss the impact it will have on Utah. Read more »

May 19, 2013

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Don Kusler: No, the Affordable Care Act will not affect doctors

Contrary to what you may have heard from its relentless critics, the Affordable Care Act will make more health care of higher quality available to more Americans than ever before. Read more »

May 19, 2013

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John Florez: Involve the poor in solving poverty

The war on poverty was lost because we hired professional soldiers to fight, but never involved the civilians, the poor, in having a say in their destiny. Bureaucracies are good at managing... Read more »

May 18, 2013

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The winners and the losers: Venezuela, terrorism, Spider Man

Loser: Anyone looking for a real-world example of why government price controls don't work needs look no further than Venezuela. In an effort to keep prices low for the nation's poorest citizens,... Read more »

May 18, 2013

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Matthew Sanders: Imploding trust in America's institutions

America's trust in key public and private institutions has been sliding steeply for the past 20 years. The latest IRS, justice department and Benghazi scandals raging in Washington follow years of... Read more »

May 17, 2013

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Michael Gerson: As government's ambitions grow, respect from public decreases

So, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has investigated the IRS investigation of conservative groups. And the FBI has launched a criminal investigation of the IRS. And the State... Read more »

May 17, 2013

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