George Sutherland

A pig in the parlor: SB136 is misguided effort

U.S. Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland (a former U.S. senator and congressman from Utah) colorfully noted in the landmark 1926 case of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.: "A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard."

A peek into the Utah State Historical Society

SALT LAKE CITY — When it comes to photos and artifacts of Utah's history, the Utah State Historical Society has it. Located at the historic Rio Grande Depot at 300 South and 400 West in downtown Salt Lake City, the state has preserved hundreds of thousands of photos and historic items.

BYU grew from humble, if not grim, beginning

If you are going to tell the story of BYU, you have to begin in 1876 when LDS Church President Brigham Young told the school's first permanent head, Karl G. Maeser, that "neither the alphabet nor the multiplication tables were to be taught without the Spirit of God."

Obituary: FOWLES, ZOE