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WSU guest opinion: An ode to teaching

I don’t know what it is, and perhaps there’s a diagnosis hidden somewhere in this admission, but I have close to zero focus these days. This condition continually gets worse, my attention eroding with each passing year. My office is an assembly of stacked papers and books on the desk, ...

Guest opinion: Citizen initiatives are a needed check on legislative power

In Utah we have wrestled with the question of who should redraw legislative district lines since at least 2018, when voters approved Proposition 4, putting the power in the hands of an independent commission. Citizen initiatives have also been questioned in this process. This brings us to Dr. ...

Guest opinion: The persecution of Mark Kelly and the pattern behind it

The Trump administration’s move to strip Senator Mark Kelly of his military rank and retirement benefits is not an isolated bureaucratic dispute. It is part of a broader, deeply familiar pattern: the use of falsehoods, distortions, and punitive measures against those who challenge Donald ...

Guest opinion: Can the U.S. solve its electricity crisis?

As America moves into 2026, consumers are looking for relief from an ongoing “affordability crisis.” While prices for some key items have mercifully held steady — or even come down — other costs such as rent, dining out, and hospital visits continue to climb unabated. U.S. electricity ...