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Guest opinion: Punishments won’t solve absenteeism

Can chronic absenteeism be solved through punishment? Not likely. There has been ample evidence that punishing students and families for absenteeism doesn’t work. A group devoted to solving chronic absenteeism, Attendance Works, said this, “Effective approaches are those that treat ...

Letter: A path toward an assured 2024 presidential victory

I believe the country would embrace a Mitt Romney / Jon Huntsman presidential ticket. Both have served as State Governors. Huntsman having served both Republican and Democratic presidents as ambassador to both China and Russia. Mitt as our State Senator and Olympics Games problem solver. Both ...

Letter: Advice for advisors: Remember who speaks for God

In regard to the published (S-E, Monday, 29 Jan.) letter to the editor of advice for new Latter-day Saint Apostle Kearon, I have some advice for such self-proclaimed advisors, and others who do not understand the workings of God and the scriptures. The Bible and scriptures are of a spiritual ...

Letter: Shouldn’t felonies disqualify the commander-in-chief?

How is it that an ordinary citizen is not allowed to join our country's military with a felony on their record, yet a former president with 4 indictments and 91 felony counts can run for the position of commander-in-chief of the armed forces? This doesn't make sense to me; does it make sense to ...

Letter: Utah Jazz leadership jettisoning quality players again

Here we go again. Danny Ainge and Jazz management have just traded away three better Jazz players. Kelly Olynyk, Simone Fontecchio and Ochai Agbaji will no longer wear Jazz jerseys. Night after night Jazz announcers Craig Bolerjack and Thurl Bailey have praised Kelly Olynyk, calling him the ...

Letter: Contact commissioners to oppose Weber inland port

Think of the Amazon warehouse on I -15 in Farr West. Since 2022, it has sat empty and unused. Adjacent to it is the BDO (Business Depot Ogden), an industrial and business center. It covers 1118 acres, and still has room to grow. Now imagine the area in Weber County, only a few miles from the ...

Stossel: Skewed news

On CNN, a "reporter" interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris gushes, "I'm struck, just in your presence! Looking you in the eye, with your passion ... " Really? Even Harris looked embarrassed. My new video shows how the mainstream media treat conservatives and libertarians differently. We ...

Robbins: Biden steers between the necessary and the popular

Civil War lore has it that after Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned the Union's lackluster war performance around, his critics complained to President Abraham Lincoln about Grant's heavy drinking. "I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks," Lincoln replied. "I would ...