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Jay Evensen
editorial page editor
Work: 237-2185
E-mail: even@desnews.com
Recent stories
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Nov. 15 : Jay Evensen: 'Restoring' is just another way of saying 'tax hike'
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Nov. 8 : Jay Evensen: A few colorful observations on ethics, more
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Nov. 1 : Jay Evensen: Health-reform debate triggers memories of '93
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Oct. 25 : Jay Evensen: Snubbing press unwise choice for Obama
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Oct. 18 : Jay Evensen: U.S. health-care debate focused on wrong questions
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Oct. 11 : Jay Evensen: Unlikely allies against proposed D.C. bureaucracy
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Oct. 4 : Jay Evensen: Can U.S. afford health reform? Ask Argentina
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Sept. 27 : Jay Evensen: Recessions perpetuate the problems
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Sept. 20 : Jay Evensen: Quick decision in water dispute could hurt Utah
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Sept. 13 : Passion, reason go hand in hand on initiatives
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Sept. 6 : Jay Evensen: Natural gas may not be the cure-all Pickens thinks it is
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Aug. 30 : Jay Evensen: Bennett's health bill allows market competition
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Aug. 16 : Jay Evensen: Raising a ruckus over health reform isn't anti-American
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Aug. 9 : Jay Evensen: Taxpayers' beef is with Legislature, not school board
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Aug. 2 : Jay Evensen: Taxpayers should learn a lesson from 'Twilight'
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July 19 : Jay Evensen: Stadiums losing novelty as cities' 'missing links'
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July 12 : Jay Evensen: Ambulance ride brings home health debate
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July 5 : Jay Evensen: America stands as shining beacon for rest of world
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June 28 : Jay Evensen: Scary monsters in woods or in D.C. enthrall us
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June 21 : Jay Evensen: Iranians' use of Twitter shows its real social value
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June 14 : Jay Evensen: Swine flu now a pandemic, but is it cause for panic?
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June 7 : Jay Evensen: Sales tax idea in Congress would drown us in taxes
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May 31 : Jay Evensen: Senseless crime, 'killer' bees, credit cards and eateries
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May 27 : Jay Evensen: Americans want democracy but can be apathetic
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May 17 : Jay Evensen: 'No Cussing Club' is valiant effort to turn the tide
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May 10 : Jay Evensen: Imposing a tax for cattle is only an absurd rumor
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May 3 : Jay Evensen: Probably better to overreact than underplay this flu
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April 26 : Jay Evensen: Setting own pay is a bad idea for County Council
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April 19 : Jay Evensen: New policies not our cup of tea, protesters say
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April 12 : Jay Evensen: Local currency possesses only a limited value
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April 5 : Jay Evensen: It's the threats we don't see that do damage
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March 29 : Jay Evensen: Regulations can't make world safe from con men
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March 22 : Jay Evensen: West Valley, hockey are entangled in a bad marriage
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March 15 : Our choices — not nutrition laws — lead to good health
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March 8 : Jay Evensen: Some 'pork' projects aren't pork to home states
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March 1 : Jay Evensen: Waddoups looked a bit bewildered in Buttars fiasco
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Feb. 22 : Jay Evensen: 2 hot words are guaranteed to raise hackles
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Feb. 15 : Jay Evensen: Maneuvers over the census raise troubling issues
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Feb. 8 : Cigarette tax debate framed by moral issue
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Feb. 1 : Staying prepared for a pandemic is wise health policy
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Jan. 25 : Geography is a major cause of our dirty air
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Jan. 17 : Jay Evensen: Sales tax on online purchases hot topic again
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Jan. 11 : Jay Evensen: Shurtleff has nation a-twitter over BCS posting
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Jan. 4 : '09 optimism low, but nice surprises may be coming
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Dec. 14 2008 : Jay Evensen: Cigarette-tax hike could be boon to state, prevention
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Dec. 7 2008 : Jay Evensen: Now is not time to start tinkering with gas taxes
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Nov. 30 2008 : Jay Evensen: Credit card debt will soon be all of society's problem
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Nov. 23 2008 : Throwing cash at everyone won't help much
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Nov. 16 2008 : Falling oil prices show free market is still working
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Nov. 9 2008 : Jay Evensen: Democracy smoother with big win
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