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Stiehm: Biden’s age paid off in debt limit crisis

Ain't no way to run a railroad, Congress, facing a debt limit crisis. The United States Treasury came close to going over the edge of default — and danger lingers if Congress doesn't act to raise the federal borrowing limit like, now. The lesson learned: Republicans who threatened to derail ...

Letter: The mind is a terrible thing to waste

On a recent evening I decided to go for a walk along the Ogden river by the Botanical Gardens and what I saw nearly knocked my socks off. A young couple went under the yellow warning tape that was up to keep people from going near the raging Ogden river, took off their shoes and stuck their ...

Letter: The former president is a true snollygoster

I want to thank a prior contributor for two things: first, for introducing me to the term, “snollygoster,” (meaning a “shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician), and second, for prompting me to look up Paul Harvey’s, 1965 broadcast. In it, Harvey said, “If I Were the ...

Letter: Time for a little summertime lemonade

What do you do when life’s circumstances serves you up a bunch of unpleasant surprises, or lemons? Ogden City has found itself in that situation with the purchase of the highly toxic “Swift” building which spiked almost 6 million dollars in environmental clean-up. The building has been ...

Erickson: A demarcation point

Last week, noted pastor and theologian Tim Keller died. While the world is focused on Gov. Ron DeSantis's bid for the presidency, many Christians have focused on Keller's wit and wisdom. A Presbyterian pastor, Keller's death drew comment from all corners of Protestantism and even from Catholic ...

Barone: Mugged by reality? Or respectful of common sense?

A conservative, to paraphrase and slightly alter Irving Kristol's saying, is a liberal who has been mugged by reality — especially by a reality that is plain to the vast bulk of ordinary people but remains inexplicably invisible to liberal intellectuals and politicians. That saying applies, ...

Letter: Democrats helped balloon the nation’s deficit too

In your May 20-21, 2023 edition a Mr. Miguel Serda Jr. spoke of the rising deficit and basically posed the question, “who’s to blame?” He correctly cited that the Republicans are as much to blame as the Democrats for the rising deficit. However, he erred big time in saying Trump inherited ...