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GUEST OPINION: Broken windows and broken politics

When I used to live in Colorado, I noticed a strange pattern at trailheads. Some had colorful piles of bagged dog poop stacked around the signposts, while others were perfectly clean. What was striking was the absence of in-between cases: There were either a lot of bags or none at all. I ...

The Homefront: Get even with bugs by biting (and chewing) back

There is a way to eliminate those bugs destroying your gardens ... A few weeks ago, my husband and I went to the Natural History Museum of Utah’s Bugfest — an annual event that introduces us humans to the wriggling masses of critters with whom we share this planet. Through dozens of ...

Guest opinion: Gerrymandering districts should concern us all

The issue of gerrymandering has taken a bit of the stage in politics lately. It’s because Texas is trying to redraw its district lines, this directive coming from President Donald J. Trump through Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican majority in the Texas House of Representatives. As ...

Guest opinion: Davis schools want more tax, but first owe us transparency

What if you invested in a company, got a questionable return and were later asked for more money? You might ask, “Do I look like a sucker?” That’s exactly where we are in Davis County as voters face another proposed school tax hike, with a public hearing scheduled Aug. 19. In 2021, the ...

JOHNSTON: Our lives, hand in hand

I took a dumb fall last week, a hard tumble on rocks of the high Uintas, as if they’d been piling and solidifying for hundreds of millions of years just for the opportunity to throw me down upon the polished slabs. Now I’m pecking this column out with a fractured right thumb dangling above ...