What is health care? At its core, it’s the provision of medical services to diagnose, treat and prevent illness or injury. Seems straightforward enough, right? But in reality, it’s a tangled web of patients, providers, insurers and policymakers. Among all this complexity, there’s an idea ...
Utah Code 68-3-S12.5 (effective May 1, 2024) defines male and female based on their biological reproductive systems. Male is described as “the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions to fertilize the ova of a female.” ...
The other day, I came across an interesting story. Before there was Silly Putty, there was Flubber. I dimly remembered the Disney movie, but I didn’t know that Flubber was ever a real product. It did the same sorts of things that Silly Putty does now, but it also gave kids rashes and sore ...
Let me tell you about curb cuts. They are the ramps where sidewalks meet roads. Curb cuts allow pedestrians to smoothly move from sidewalk to street and back without having to negotiate a concrete ledge. If you are old enough to remember, curb cuts were not always around. Disability rights ...
A 2023 report of the U.S. Department of Justice states that public trust in the federal government has been declining since 1958. Perhaps this decline is due to the rising epidemic of political lying in the government and media. Beginning in June 2023, the report found that only 1% of Americans ...
College degrees are taking longer and costing more than ever before. On top of that, most people who do earn a degree won’t be employed in a job that typically needs one within a year of receiving it. Despite this, most high school graduates are still going to college. Just over 40% ...
