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Get Out There: Make America better: 5 foreign habits we’d do well to adopt

I biasedly believe America is the best country on Earth. It's the friendliest, most generous, least corrupt, and most disproportionally beautiful country I've ever visited. But there are a lot of things other countries do even better that we would do well to adopt. Let me count the ways: 1. ...

Me, Myself as Mommy: Wildfire risks justify a fireworks-free Fourth of July

North Ogden Cherry Days has always been a centerpiece to my July 4 celebrations. As a kid, I rode in the parade on my uncle’s float or in the back of my grandpa’s convertible as he drove the Cherry Days princesses (I was never a princess, just a barnacle). I jumped around the green stands ...

FISCHER: Everybody thinks they saw the elephant

One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books growing up was And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. If you've never read it, let me save you a trip to the library. A little boy walks home from school and sees — a horse pulling a wagon. That’s it. A horse. A wagon. Completely unremarkable. ...

Tech Matters: Why waiting for cheaper tech may backfire

We've come to expect electronics to get cheaper every year, a premise rooted in Moore's Law. But this year is different, due largely to a memory chip shortage that shows no signs of letting up this year or next, and perhaps even longer. The culprit is the artificial intelligence boom, which is ...