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Guest opinion: Robot uprising

Hey! Not to brag or anything, but I actually got artificial intelligence to do what I wanted yesterday! I wanted a picture and, if you can imagine such a thing, there was a free website that was really free (Craiyon) and it gave me just what I wanted. I realize that this experience is the ...

Guest opinion: Condemn all imperialism

For over five centuries, no man-made force has caused more suffering than imperialism. Imperialism occurs when one nation tries to control the people and resources of another nation to enrich itself. After Columbus came to America, Spain, and other European nations made every effort to enslave ...

MURRAY: Suing and wooing media outlets isn’t patriotic

That Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press is a defining feature of the First Amendment. A free press is integral to a republic: the government should not be in control of the media because if the only information citizens receive about their government is from the ...

The Homefront: Kids find success when adults guide them to it

The sight of a mom squeezing her young son’s arm as he turned away from the sheep he’d just auctioned off was so subtle, but so full of love. Walking around the 4-H Davis County Annual Jr. Livestock Show and Sale last week, I noticed a young boy sitting quietly in a small pen with his ...

Guest opinion: Taxpayer-funded deals shouldn’t be this murky

Back in 2009, Ogden City set its sights on a river walkway project. Properties along 18th Street between Grant and Wall Avenues were acquired, families displaced, and vacant homes quickly became magnets for squatters, creating public outrage. Eventually, the houses were bulldozed, and the land, ...