What do the end of daylight saving time and the 2025 municipal elections have in common? The obvious answer is that both occur every year in early November, with the time change officially happening early Sunday morning and the elections taking place on Tuesday. But I have been thinking about ...

For the last month, the Standard-Examiner has had a chance to spend significant time with all eight of the Ogden City Council candidates. During our interviews that lasted about an hour in each case, we asked many of the same questions to get as clear an idea as possible of how they view the ...

Ah, election season ... when so many thoughts turn toward yard signs, mailers and political advertisements. One of the issues that gets brought up regularly is how all of that is paid for. While legally obligated to be disclosed, campaign donations and expenditures can be a confusing ...

I can't say I've spent much time in Ogden Valley in the last couple of decades. I've visited a few times for recreation but certainly haven't been all that familiar with the political challenges of the area. That changed in the last few weeks as I was contacted and invited to be an impartial ...

I find trying to understand human psyche fascinating. While it's not something I've delved into from an academic or scientific standpoint, there are a lot of the basics that I find provide insight into how and why we tend to do what we do. I've been thinking and talking about some of those ...

What does it mean to be a voter? I've been thinking about that question as I've during the disputes over redistricting (including what some call gerrymandering) both locally and nationally. It also came to mind when I read a recent guest opinion discussing Utah's Republican Party and the ...