Over spring break in March, I traveled down to Southern Utah to spend time with friends in Snow Canyon State Park. We were guided along the Johnson Canyon trail by a lovely young person who taught us all sorts of interesting things about the area. While there, I wondered about water. How did ...

For a brief window this coming week, Passover and Holy Week, the sacred observances of Jews and Christians, respectively, will overlap. Jews around the world will gather this Wednesday and Thursday evenings for the Seder, which recounts the Exodus from Egypt and God's redemptive hand in ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about the very serious topic of sexual assault since I recently sat down to talk with an individual who said she was assaulted at a local hospital. I certainly am in no position to be judge or jury, to in any way determine guilt or innocence. I firmly believe in the ...

Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Of course, what was an expression of optimism for the moral reformer King was more in the nature of a victory spike of the football for ...

Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there's a separate question -- independent of the military merits -- that Congress must answer: How will it be paid for? The Pentagon has requested $200 billion to fund the campaign. While circumstances could change the price tag, interest payments on ...

Politicians say they can "make the economy work better." I once believed they could. But years of reporting taught me that politicians' attempts to "fix" the economy usually make things worse. Twenty years ago, Republicans and Democrats helped create the Great Recession by telling ...