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Every now and then, the rules we use to guide our decisions have to be tossed aside and an exception made.| • Crosswalk guardians |
| Every now and then, the rules we use to guide our decisions have to be tossed aside and an exception made. |
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
| • Giving students a leg-up |
| It's unfortunate but true that there are lots of high school seniors who spend the waning days of their years in secondary education wondering what they could have done differently to prepare for life after high school. And, really, those are the lucky ones -- the ones who graduated. |
| • Using religion to terrorize |
| It's no secret that journalism, as a profession, ranks right down there with lawyers, car salespersons ... multi-level marketers ... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| • Giant's move lowers drug prices |
| Corporate power in America is usually greeted with enormous mistrust. There's good reason for that, because capitalists without scruples can wreak a lot of havoc in the lives of workers and manipulate markets to their own advantage while ruining others in the process. |
Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
| • Prescription drug death dance |
| Prescription drug abuse in Utah is not only a problem. It's a catastrophe. |
Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
| • Gov't should act like a business |
| So sad, it's almost funny. |
Friday, May 9, 2008 |
| • Football and grades |
| It may be an old joke, but it's certainly persistent: The term "student-athlete" is an oxymoron. |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 |
| • Bullet in ankle; egg on face |
| The Barney Fife jokes, of course, are inevitable. It's what happens when law enforcement officers accidentally discharge their firearms: They are compared, fairly or not, with the bumbling deputy from the 1960s'-era "Andy Griffith" TV show. |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
| • Experience behind the wheel |
| For years, the Weber County Sheriff's Office has been up to something that senior-citizen drivers -- and their loved ones -- truly appreciate: Handing out so-called "tell a friend" cards to retirement-age drivers observed committing infractions on the road that are not worthy of citations. |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 |
| • To spend or not to spend? |
| Ah, those government rebate checks are in the mail or already in our bank accounts. Whether it's $300 or $2,000-plus, the psychological boost is a reality. iPods, DVDs, bills, sofas, designer clothes, bills, Game Boys, car payments, the mortgage, a fishing rod, bills ... all those "essentials," luxuries and necessities are likely in our mind as we contemplate our stash of extra dollars. |
Monday, May 5, 2008 |
| • Obama right to dump Wright |
| Whatever personal difficulties there were for Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama to repudiate one-time spiritual mentor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, it was the right thing to do. |
Sunday, May 4, 2008 |
| • Vote-pandering on the fuel tax |
| Sen. John McCain was the first presidential candidate to float the terrible idea of giving motorists a summer vacation from the federal gasoline tax. Now Sen. Hillary Clinton, desperately casting about for more issues with which to pound her Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, is lining up with McCain. |
Saturday, May 3, 2008 |
| • Huntsman smacks a double |
| The rap on Gov. Jon Huntsman has long been that while he has oodles of political capital in the bank, he's not very agressive about spending it. |
Friday, May 2, 2008 |
| • Buttars unworthy of support |
| "Now I am confident that you gentlemen will review, without passion, the evidence that you have heard, (and) come to a decision ... . In the name of GOD, do your duty." |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
| • Troubling news from Texas |
| Ever since Texas Child Protective Services authorities raided the Yearning For Zion Ranch nearly four weeks ago, there have been questions about whether government was overstepping its bounds and trampling on citizens' rights of religion and free association. |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| • The late-night TV boost |
| When Sen. Hillary Clinton matched wits in mid-April with late-night TV funnyman Stephen Colbert, it may have been no coincidence that she comfortably defeated Democratic Party frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama several days later in the Pennsylvania presidential primary. |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| • Community-based learning opens opportunities for the future |
| When Ron Partridge interviewed for the clinical psychology doctoral program at Wichita State in Kansas this past March, he probably felt a lot like the proverbial fish out of water. Ron, who is completing his bachelor's degree in sociology and psychology at Weber State University, was the only applicant to interview who hadn't already earned his master's degree. |
| • New watering system sensible |
| We've all wondered why, on a rainy day, that city parks sometimes have the sprinklers on. (That goes for businesses, too.) In Ogden, that mistake sometimes occurs because there are 42 separate parks in Junction City, and only three plumbers to turn off the water. |
Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
| • Rethink sex-offender priorities |
| Sex crimes are among the most serious social ills Utahns deal with: rape, child abuse and the like are criminal acts for which we reserve our most significant contempt. |
| • There are deadbeat moms, too |
| Deadbeat dads. |
Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
| • Roll out the bulldozer |
| The vision thing. |
Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| • Death penalty: murderers only |
| "It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." |
Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| • Optimism for ethics reform |
| They may be bluffing again, but the possibility exists -- unlikely as it may be -- that Utah lawmakers are getting themselves into the mood for meaningful ethics reform. |
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| • Get involved in Ogden's future |
| Ogden is formulating a plan for its downtown business district, and it's asking for the public's help. |
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| • Improve lobbyists' reports |
| Many Utah lawmakers hate it when they see another editorial urging reform of their lax ethics rules -- which, of course, is a fine reason to keep writing them. |
Monday, April 21, 2008 |
| • Gas ... natural, that is |
| As Utahns look around for options to $3.25 per gallon gasoline -- and $4-plus per gallon diesel fuel -- the most obvious options are to carpool, take mass transit, or buy a more fuel-efficient/gasoline-electric hybrid car. |
Sunday, April 20, 2008 |
| • The upcoming dialing derby |
| In the quaint old days before cell phones -- before the time when even our grade-schoolers had their own cell phones -- the need to add area codes was rare. |
Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
| • UTOPIA at a crossroads |
| Four years ago, in April 2004, in this very space, the Standard-Examiner editorial board pleaded with several Top of Utah cities to rethink their embrace of UTOPIA -- the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency. It's a gamble, we wrote. It risks tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money over the course of 20 years. |
Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| • Hill climbs the medals podium |
| Everyone likes to finish No. 1 in competition. It's what Americans do. |
Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| • More school-voucher intrigue |
| In the 2007 debate over school vouchers -- taxpayer dollars going to fund private schools -- the pro-voucher side identified its chief enemy as the Utah State Board of Education. A majority of the board's members disapproved of vouchers, and were a considerable and effective obstacle to lawmakers who tried to get the voucher program up and running before a scheduled voter referendum on the subject. |
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