George Orwell warned in his famous essay “Politics and the English Language” that political language often does not clarify reality. He emphasized the same idea in “1984,” where the Ministry of Truth produces lies and the Ministry of Peace wages war. His point was that public language ...

Roy City recently announced an unprecedented proposed 55% property tax increase leaving many residents and business owners in shock. The reported purpose of this increase is to bring city employee compensation equality with other surrounding communities. In January of 2022, the Roy City ...

I wish I knew “NS” and “DS”. I would face them, look them squarely in the eye, and ask, “What possessed you to think it was a good idea to carve your initials across a mural of ancient petroglyphs at the magnificent Sand Island Cliff site near Bluff, Utah?” They couldn’t possibly ...

Substance abuse and incarceration have been a prominent presence throughout my life like so many others. Watching the people you love struggle with addiction and the consequences it brings is heart breaking. Knowing your loved one has struggled to the point of overdose is devastating. People ...

The brain is weird. And it has a very big job to do. On the whole, my brain does a decent job at keeping me alive. But it’s not so great at prioritizing what activities would make that life worthwhile. That’s why someday, when I meet St. Peter at the pearly gates, and he asks me if I served ...

Data centers, inland ports, a nuclear campus, and coal power: Why do Utah’s leaders keep choosing projects Utahns don’t want? The answer is simple: Utah’s political leaders and their wealthy donors handsomely profit from them. The Salt Lake Tribune’s Pat Bagley had it exactly right ...