The universe is abuzz. I’ll understand if you want this to mean that there’s some all-encompassing web keeping us connected or some deep spiritual flow between beings, but I don’t pretend to understand anything like that. What I mean is much more literal and physical. There’s an ...

A few weeks ago I attended the funeral of a friend. As I stood in line waiting to share my condolences with her family, I viewed a thoughtfully constructed video of her life. The video featured a collage of photos sewn together with comforting background music. Many of us have viewed similar ...

I hurt my knee taking a step onto a riser in a performance at my kids' elementary school the other day. I'm not sure yet how serious the injury is, but it's the kind of incident that makes you feel about 100 years old and like a complete moron. I mean, who gets hurt taking the stairs? ...

There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that masquerades as principle and the American left has perfected it. It goes by either "international law" or "norms." These phrases are invoked with religious fervor whenever the United States or one of its allies takes action in the ...

History doesn't always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others'. Example: Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty negotiations after World War I. His treaty version, ...

Let's talk about driving in Utah. Everyone has their opinion about just how bad overall drivers in Utah are, with many who say Utahns are among the worst. But national groups who study the topic are remarkably conflicted on the topic. Take LendingTree, for example, which used "tens of ...