Recently, I visited the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New York. It sits just a few blocks from the hospital where I was born. Both overlook the blue waters of the huge St. Lawrence River, which drains the Great Lakes. The international border with Canada is somewhere midstream, ...

What is it about living creatures that we can never be content with comfort? After all, we spend all of our lives searching for it. But give a person half a chance and you’ll find them struggling on a rock face with every muscle aching in their designer climbing wear. Even animals are not ...

Utah lawmakers often campaign on conservative, free-market principles. They warn of government overreach and celebrate Utah’s economic dynamism. But when it comes to housing policy, their actions suggest a different playbook — one that funnels benefits to politically connected developers ...

In 1976, I was serving as the police chief in Orem. With just a few months on the job, I received a late-night phone call from Lt. Gerald Neilson regarding a potential homicide at a Sinclair gas station. I went to the crime scene and saw a dead young man on the floor of the gas station ...

Utah’s Silicon Slopes aren’t the next Silicon Valley. They represent something more distinctive — a canvas with the right values and just enough infrastructure to make it work. That makes it a rare thing in 2025: a state where forward-thinking policy converges with open opportunity. For ...

Being mayor of Ogden is not a ceremonial role. It’s an executive responsibility — one that demands daily attention to real-world operations, strategic coordination, and the long-term health of our city. We are entrusted by the people of Ogden to act with urgency, integrity and discipline in ...