I would like to publicly endorse Janis Christensen for the Weber School District School Board. She has served well and proven that she is concerned about our children and the quality of education that they receive. She wants to provide better communication between community and schools and use ...
One summer, when I was a young boy, my friend and I decided to build a treehouse. I remember how excited we were to secure boards and nails and whatever else we would need and get started on the project. Day after day, we could hardly wait to spend more time on the project — all the while ...
When Senator Lee joined the battle to overthrow the election, he branded himself as unfit for public office. Please don’t vote for Lee. Robert Irvine Ogden
The phrase, “First, do no harm” is part of the Hippocratic Oath that physicians must take in order to practice medicine. As a people, we should also require the President and our elected leaders to follow this same precept: “Do not enact legislation or support policies that will actively ...
Utah’s effort to set itself up as one of the leading tech hubs in the U.S. is working. The tech industry represents 9.6 percent of Utah's workforce and directly adds $20.1 billion to our economy. Yet, some elected officials are pursuing anti-innovation legislation that will threaten the tech ...
In the Sept. 16 Standard-Examiner, was an article about the potential collapse of the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. Perhaps the greatest challenge of all time is facing every country of the world. Our adversary comes with rising seas, severe storms, drought, famine, disease, temperature extremes, ...
After recently reading Mark Newman’s column in the Salt Lake Tribune, I was reminded of how lucky we are to live in a state that created an effective program to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. We should all be thankful to have a leader like Governor Cox who has once again, proven his ...
I read with interest Louise Brown’s op-ed, “The Folly of Student Debt Forgiveness.” While she makes some interesting points, I believe she comes to the wrong conclusion. She glosses over the relative cost of education saying only that they were commensurate with earnings. What she fails ...
Lindquist Field was opened in 1997 on the site of the old Ogden Iron Works. It was one of the initial pieces in the revitalization of downtown Ogden. After only a few years the seating had to be expanded to accommodate the crowds watching our Ogden Raptors. I have been a season ticket holder ...
I am writing to recommend the election of Rosemary Lesser, MD, to continue to represent district 10 in the Utah House of Representatives. I have known Rosemary for over 20 years as both a colleague and as the former Chief Medical Officer at Ogden Regional Hospital. Over the years, she has shown ...