This past week, we reported on a Park City teacher being put on paid leave after she instructed her students to read the lyrics of an Eminem song that slams President Donald Trump.Students and parents complained, and the teacher from Treasure Mountain Junior High School was disciplined.A school ...

With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, voters will have a distinct choice: Elect another food stamps politician like Barack Obama or re-elect jobs creator Donald Trump.The numbers don't lie. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program soared by 70 percent between ...

Each week the Standard-Examiner hashes out issues large and small and takes a thumbs-up, thumbs-down stance. Have a thumbs-up or thumbs-down you’d like to give? Email a submission of 100 words or less to jmccabe@standard.net.Here’s what we recommend this week for praise and ...

In the long and bitter fight over immigration reform, Americans have staked out a patch of common ground: They don't believe young foreigners who grew up here should be kicked out, even if they came without permission.This year alone: A Quinnipiac University poll found 73 percent of voters ...

This week, the Supreme Court ruled on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. That case involved a religious Christian man, Jack Phillips, who decorates cakes for a living. Two men came into his shop one day and demanded that Phillips decorate a cake for their same-sex wedding. Phillips refused. For ...

While legal pundits are busy analyzing the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission handed down on Monday, we mustn't ignore what the <em>truly</em> important judges decided this week.Like eliminating ...