Standing in front of the century-old, peach-colored granite headstone of Ole Julius Hansen, two stories spring to mind: one about gunpowder, and the other about being in the right place at the right time. The gunpowder story first (since that sounds more interesting). Legend has it that this ...
It is no secret that Utahns are struggling to pay for health care. More than half have experienced health care affordability over the past year, while over 40% have delayed going to the doctor due to cost concerns. But while residents across party lines want their political leaders to do ...
My job organizing the 60-plus years of clip files of the Standard-Examiner now stored at Weber State University gives me chance to see how many really nice people live in this community. It breaks my heart that their stories are, mostly, no longer being told. How can we know we have a good ...
The first time I heard about the Negro Motorist Green Book, also known as the Green Book, I was attending a church service led by the Rev. DeForest B. Soaries Jr. in Somerset, New Jersey. During his remarks, he shared how family would travel from the northeast to the southeast, which was ...
I am struggling to get an answer to a question. Each time I ask the question, I get statements that do not even come close to answering the question. Most of the statements relitigate the 2020 election. But this question really does need an answer before we get to 2024. I asked the question on ...
The state of Utah collects our private, identifiable information directly when we apply for government services. It also collects huge amounts of our most sensitive personal and medical information from a wide range of outside sources. Once the state has our information, it uses it as it sees ...
Small businesses are the backbone of America, representing 99.9% of all businesses in the country and employing 61.7 million people. In Utah, that sentiment remains true, with the Beehive state ranking eighth in the nation for new business applications in 2022 — an increase of 30% from ...
We were recently at a meeting with a high-ranking defense official, and what he said shook us. This official told the group that the United State was eight to 10 years behind China and Russia when building state-of-the-art missiles, like hypersonic missiles. These missiles can travel over ...
This unique past weekend combined Mother’s Day with a huge, family-filled celebration of my mother’s 90th birthday. Both recognitions prompted her four daughters to reflect on some of the core lessons she taught us by example about being a mom. A few favorites from that list ... A mother ...
An analysis of mortality published in July of 2022 by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that firearms are now the No. 1 cause of death for children in the United States. This is an anomaly not seen in other large and wealthy countries. Out of curiosity, I recently asked a question to ChatGPT ...
