Americans today are justifiably angry about the price of rents and mortgages. Home prices have roughly tripled over the last 25 years, and the median home price is now $415,000. The 30- and 40-somethings are having a tough time buying a first home. Young families may need to pay a whopping ...

My New Year’s resolution is to be data-informed rather than data-driven. Data is a map. Judgment drives. That distinction matters more now than ever. We live in a world awash in data, metrics, and analytics, all promising clarity. But data does not decide what matters. Humans do. When we ...

My son performs magic now. He picked it up at a friend's birthday party -- a sweet, old-fashioned affair with a magician and a goodie bag that instead of cheap plastic trinkets had the materials for three tricks basic enough that even a second grader could master them. After the pizza, ...

I’ve become an unwilling poster child for the group that advocates getting your flu shot. Before this I was a member of the group who intended to get their flu shot but never got around to it. Now I’m a member of the group who spend days, weeks, even months lying around on beds and ...

I live less than a mile from a fire station. Our street is the main route to get to certain parts of our community, so seeing fire trucks and ambulances racing past with lights flashing and sirens blaring is a common occurrence. It has meant being awakened a few times — but it also means our ...

Utah likes to pretend it does not have a marijuana problem. Cannabis is still illegal here, at least on paper. But anyone with modest money, Medicaid, or basic persistence can obtain a medical marijuana card without much difficulty. I know, because I have one. What Utah has built is not a ...