In reply to: Mr. John Reynolds,“Politics in 2020.”
The turkey, Benjamin Franklin felt, should be America’s national bird.
‘Tis the season for package theft from your porch. We go through this year round, but especially at Christmas. One ridiculously simple solution to deter these thefts is for the package carrier, whether it is UPS, USPS, or FedEx, to ring the doorbell when they leave the package. Not all of us…
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“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.”
We believe that a rigorous study is essential to evaluate the current need to allow large trucks and higher speeds and to disclose the impacts if large trucks and higher speeds are introduced on Legacy Parkway in Davis County. Such a study is critical to understand the impacts of the propose…
Who would ever have guessed that the second American Revolution many have been looking for would break out in Hong Kong instead of on our soil?
Nancy Pelosi said she undertook impeachment “prayerfully,” and apparently what she was praying was that she could get it over with as soon as possible.
I believe talk radio and its divisive format is a major contributor to our current plight. Division and chaos create drama, and drama catches listeners which translates into $$$. To create real drama, you need more than a division of ideas, you need a division of people, an enemy, a vile ene…
Josef Stalin is reputed to have said: “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” In the hands of New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, the deaths of thousands can be a partisan bludgeon.
This is a rebuttal to the guest opinion piece in the Nov. 19 Standard-Examiner titled, “Representatives will continue to pick party over country.” While the title states a fact, the content is disappointing in that it suggests people should accept wrongdoings by Trump because it is politics.
We’ve got a whopping thumbs down this week for air quality. We’re all guilty parties in this, and we literally have to live with it. It was so poor along the Wasatch (Davis and Weber included) that planes were redirected as they couldn’t land in Salt Lake City amidst the trapped fog and smog…
An article was recently presented in the Standard-Examiner in regard to a proposed sound wall that is being considered by the Utah Department of Traffic (UDOT) for the upcoming project on Highway 89.
Clear vision in the coming election year is needed to sort out the confusion and rancor currently existing. There is so much “news” that is not trustworthy and conflicting stories pop up daily making it nearly impossible to know what is real news. So let’s be clear about a few things startin…
Victims of violent crimes often experience trauma. How an individual will respond when they are a victim of a violent crime is dependent on several factors. One important factor is access and utilization of safe and supportive connections. The justice system is often one of the first connect…
Families will argue this Thanksgiving.
On Sept. 19, I gave the keynote at the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) meeting. With approximately 250 high school and district administrators in attendance, I talked about how to build inclusivity and community in an education-based sports environment.
In listening to the Democratic presidential debates, we might conclude that “Medicare for All” is a legislative possibility. It is not, and any presidential candidate with a scintilla of self-respect must admit that fact. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that just 30% of American…
It’s the season’s universal conversation starter: “So, what do you want for Christmas?”
For as long as I can remember, people on the left have complained about “unfettered capitalism.” Moderate liberals do it, and of course flat-out Marxists do it.
People often offer cynical interpretations of American support for Israel. It’s the malign influence of the Jewish lobby, or Israel is a colonial outpost of the American hegemon or Israel has brainwashed American policymakers. What these right-wing conspiracists, anti-Semites and committed l…
The clear loser of the Democratic primary is “Medicare for All.”
THUMBS UP: A bill is making its way through Congress, originating with Utah Rep. Ben McAdams, working to provide greater relief to victims of Ponzi schemes. Utah is thoroughly acquainted with this kind of white collar crime of fraud. After all, it's the leading state in the country for the r…
WASHINGTON — The first three days of the House Democrats’ impeachment case against President Trump have provided further evidence of his complicity in seeking political dirt on 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden. But the Republicans on Capitol Hill show no signs yet of abandoning him.
“How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood!” insisted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations. “We are in the beginning of a mass extinction!”
Despite the negativity in the national political stage, there’s so much we have to be grateful for in Northern Utah.
People seem increasingly obsessed with generational descriptors. Are you a boomer or a millennial? Are you Gen Z or Gen X?
There are large historical differences between America's two major political parties in how they choose their presidential nominees.
Maybe you’re a fan of Jackson Pollock’s paint-splatter stuff. That’s cool. My only point is that when you flick paint at a canvas, nobody expects the result to look like a tree, a person or a bowl of fruit.
On Sunday, Standard-Examiner reporter Jacob Scholl reported on newly released figures between 2018 and 2019 from the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services on how the state is doing in processing rape kits in Utah.
The Utah Farm Bureau held its Federation Annual Convention in Layton this past week, gathering farmers and agricultural-based businesses from across the state to talk about top issues facing this encroached upon industry.
You are cordially invited to help save the earth by standing up and speaking out at an Ogden City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Municipal Bldg., 2549 Washington Blvd. The Community Renewable Energy Act (HB 411) enables cities to opt-in for 100% renewable energy sources by…
When I was pregnant with my daughter, my parents gave me a Cabbage Patch doll with blonde hair and eyes that blinked.
After combing through the Standard-Examiner website, I found that you have not reported on the bills HB 209 and HB 17 from the 2019 session of the Utah Legislature, and I am concerned that you have not taken an opportunity to inform your readers of their contents, especially since HB17 has b…
Draining the Swamp. We hear almost daily, the pronouncements by Donald Trump that he is draining the swamp. The swamp, of course, is Washington D.C. but there’s another take on what he says. Instead of draining the swamp, he has created a cesspool of corruption. He has created an administrat…
If the impeachment effort isn’t taking the nation by storm, the Democrats have an answer — blame it on Latin.
After reading the Our View article in the Nov. 18 issue, I would like to share my thoughts. The comments may be a bit rough, however, I think my thoughts are evident.
THUMBS UP: It’s turkey time! We know some of you have already skipped on to Christmas, but in our opinion, Thanksgiving is one of the greatest holidays. We look forward to cherishing our time with our friends and family and reflecting on the tender mercies we’ve experienced this year. As Uta…
Veterans Day this month my wife, a fellow veteran and I, decided to go to Twigs Restaurant in Farmington Station for dinner.
After watching most of the “impeachment inquiry” broadcast on television, my takeaway is the same as that expressed by Utah Rep. Chris Stewart. He asked the direct question to witnesses at the inquiry, and both acting Ambassador Thomas and the former Ambassador to the Ukraine answered plainl…
WASHINGTON — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s threatened entry into the 2020 Democratic presidential race is an implied no-confidence vote against former Vice President Joe Biden as a candidate to defeat President Trump next year.
Let’s make things right.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently put President Donald Trump on notice about any possible retaliation against the whistleblower who filed a complaint against Trump. Pelosi warned: “I will make sure he does not intimidate the whistleblower. I was there. I told the President, you’…
This week, another unfortunate crash happened on Sunday when a single-engine Piper Cherokee crashed under currently unknown circumstances a half-mile south of Ogden-Hinckley Airport after departure, shutting down lanes of Interstate 15 traffic as first responders cleared the scene.
In recent years, there have been many efforts to bring awareness to issues surrounding mental health in the state of Utah and yet many people continue to struggle with obtaining readily accessible resources. One such group are the largely underrepresented Hispanic and Latino populations. His…
Governments create problems. Then they complain about them.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There’s all the cooking and eating good food and so many opportunities for scientific exploration.
Davis School District and one of its employees was recognized for something outstanding it does among educators in the state.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has impressive credentials: He graduated third in his class from Los Amigos High School in California’s Orange County before winning an appointment from his congressman — “B-1 Bob” Dornan, a conservative remembered for his unstinting support for the California-…
At a recent local grade school’s Veterans Day celebration, I watched grandkids hold up American flags with squiggly red lines on a white sheet of paper and their blue handprint for the field of stars while they enthusiastically sang “God Bless America!” I realized, yes, God has, indeed, bles…
Culturally, Elizabeth Warren is a lot more like Donald Trump than you might think.
