I had the chance earlier this week to meet with Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski for the first time with the Standard-Examiner editorial board. For 90 minutes, our board peppered Nadolski with questions on a wide range of topics. We've reported on his perspectives on those issues in our three-part ...

Veronique De Rugy's opinion piece "What kind of government do Americans want seriously enough to pay for?" (published today) asks every citizen of the entire nation a very important question. Since we have government — as President Abraham Lincoln put it in the famous Gettysburg Address — ...

Opinions have never been difficult to find — since everyone has one and are usually more than happy to share them. This age of technology has made them even more pervasive with things like social media the providing places for anyone and everyone to shout and argue about their views. It ...

I recently stopped by a local "Meet the Candidates" night and took a few minutes to get to know some of the people who decided to step forward and run for various offices. It's something I've sought to do often, since there is nothing quite like talking to someone face-to-face to get a sense of ...

"Can we all get along?" It's been more than 32 years since the world heard those words from Rodney King during a press conference as riots brought violence and destruction to Los Angeles in 1991, but in many ways the question probably resonates just as much — if not more — today. Because ...

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Just about everyone ...