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WSU Guest Opinion: The value of ‘narwhaling’ in human growth

As a child, my father made me read National Geographic stories and summarize each paragraph with a single written sentence. I would have preferred to watch what my father called the “boob tube,” and it would have been easier for him to let me. Instead, he insisted that I keep reading and ...

Guest opinion: ‘Have Gun – Will Travel,’ Paladin, and high culture

Those of you of a certain vintage — who, like me, are close to being fitted for coffins — must be applauding the re-appearance on TV (the INSP channel) of Have Gun - Will Travel (for some reason with a hyphen, not a dash or a comma; let’s call it HGWT). That extraordinarily popular show ...

ZITO: Reclaiming the middle: Chautauqua’s slow push toward balance

CHAUTAUQUA, New York -- The road here feels like one of those places that America keeps tucked away on purpose -- the kind that you don't stumble into by accident. You come in from the hills and hollows and farm country, past the modest storefronts and weathered porches, and then the land ...

WSU guest opinion: A movie review and space sugar

I think I should just lay it out here: I don’t think “Project Hail Mary” was a great movie. Also, just to make the purists really upset with me, I didn’t love the book either. I know. As a scientist, I was supposed to really like this story as it dove into scientific ideas to save ...

WSU guest opinion: Why the government can’t outsmart the sun

To end the summer well, I am wading into the most controversial topic in American history — daylight saving time. The United States House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act last month and 19 states, including Utah, want to move to permanent daylight saving time. It presents ...