Last month, my daughter graduated from DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts. This is a big deal in a person’s life, sitting in the audience while your child’s name is called to walk across the stage. People have asked me how I feel about it. I haven’t really paused to reflect on what ...
Thinking back over the past seven-plus years, I can remember the feeling that originally catalyzed my run for Ogden City Council. It was a few months after the first election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Fear and dismay drove me to stop paying so much attention to national politics and ...
One terrific thing about the arts and humanities is that you get to experience what other people have experienced, without getting cold or wet or imprisoned. You hopefully learn from a character’s insights, share in their successes, and absorb their life lessons. I think that’s what ...
People generally celebrate Memorial Day the same way their parents and grandparents did, which seems fitting since those are the people being honored. Some folks drop flowers on select headstones and go home. Others spend hours cleaning family sites before moving on. Some even stay for a picnic ...
Ogden Nature Center had a problem. They built a beautiful state-of-the-art education center with large windows to keep the space bright and airy. Unable to recognize the difference between glass and air, birds were striking the windows with troubling regularity. Something was needed to warn the ...
In 2023, the national median household income was $74,225, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Using their formula, this means that if your yearly household income fell between $50,000 and $150,000, you were considered to be in the middle class by the government. About 51% of American adults ...
