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Why the only answer is to break up the biggest Wall Street banks

Federal bank regulators are proposing to allow Wall Street more freedom to make riskier bets with federally insured bank deposits -- such as the money in your checking and savings accounts.Watch your wallets.The new proposal waters down the so-called "Volcker Rule" (named after former Federal ...

Take critical look at charitable foundation abuse

New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his charitable foundation, accusing them of using money illegally to help his businesses and political campaign. Whether the action has any merit remains to be seen.But while we are thinking of abuses involving ...

Progressives Save the GOP

I have been pretty critical of the Republican Party even though I was, for a time, an elected Republican. I criticized George W. Bush vocally for being what some branded a "big government conservative." Under Bush, the size and scope of the federal government grew at a reckless rate, not for ...

Weak Environmental Policies Cost Jobs in Utah

"The public will no doubt be surprised at the economic importance of this industry as (we measure) the impact of activities like boating, fishing, RVing, hunting, camping, hiking and more."The speaker is U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The industry goes under the broad name of outdoor ...

Hope and skepticism after U.S.-North Korea summit

The effort showed initiative, but its promise is of a familiar sort.There is something to be said for occasionally abandoning protocol, turning a deaf ear to naysayers and plowing ahead with a goal in mind. That was the path for President Donald Trump, who (last week) concluded a summit with ...

Leadership changes needed to prevent next Freedom Festival failure

This past week has been a roller coaster for the Freedom Festival and the LGBT community of Utah County. And we don’t mean the fun kind of roller coaster you excitedly wait in hour-long lines for.We mean the one that, at the end of it all, makes you feel a little sick to the stomach from the ...