Professor Adam Johnson in a recent column gave a defense of the federal money his Weber State department receives and mentioned the names of those that would be impacted were these funds to be cut off. He pointed out how small are the funds they receive in comparison to total budgets. My ...

A letter on Feb 4th said that budget cuts are essential. I agree that the deficit is way too big, but I need to point out that President Regan cut the top tax rate from 70% down to 50%, which cost the US treasury 6.7 billion (21 billion in todays dollars). Clinton’s budget had a surplus and ...

As my wife and I drive through the Ogden area and elsewhere running errands and going to restaurants and shopping, we are amazed by the amount of pedestrians who are walking on the sidewalks and looking at their cell phones. They have no idea what is in front of them. It could be a hole in the ...

The Republicans and far right are against having an abortion, even when medically necessary, yet have no problem with shutting down USAID and allowing thousands, if not millions, of babies and children to starve to death or die of disease around the world. All in an effort to eliminate a small ...

"Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not). But we will make America Great again. And it will be worth it." That is a direct quote from Donald J. Trump. Who is going to feel the pain? Not the man that dwells in the White House and pushes a button when he wants a Diet Coke. Not Musk, ...

My father, Jorge, came to America when he was twenty years old on a student visa. Born and raised on a farm in Honduras, he was the first in his family to earn a college degree. Without my dad’s decision to come to this country, I wouldn’t exist. It was here that my father met my mother, an ...