The summer I moved my family to Ogden to start teaching economics at Weber State, I spent a week at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Its founder, Edward C. Harwood, was a soldier‑engineer turned economist who believed that monetary stability was ...
We are giving ourselves away one sense at a time. We’re giving our eyes away to our screens — phone, computer, TV. I watched an entire family at a restaurant fixated on their individual phones, the glow of their screens reflecting in their eyes as they retreated to different places, ...
Last April — in a move that should alarm anyone who believes education is more than a pipeline to a paycheck — Weber State University followed the dictates of the Utah State legislature and HB 265 and SB 334 cutting 89 courses. In anticipation of those cuts and earlier that month, Professor ...
When I was a missionary, I compiled my favorite General Conference talks into a binder so I could frequently refer to them for inspiration and comfort. Very quickly, Russell M. Nelson, then an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became one of my favorite speakers because ...
In my last column I described a “Swimming with the Sharks” adventure I enjoyed with my husband and daughter in Hawaii. As I was writing, I found myself thinking about my mother. She’s gone now, but I couldn’t help imagining what might have happened had she come with us. You have to ...
“Who’s a pretty bird?” This was the typical refrain when my family and I would visit Cronk, the resident raven at the Ogden Nature Center. From his enclosure’s perch, Cronk would reply with a twist and turn of his head, inverting his view and adding his whimsy to the exchange. My kids, ...
