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Guest opinion: Your community, your choice

Driving north on Washington Boulevard in Ogden, it’s hard to miss the iconic Ogden Arch. It has been there since 1936 announcing during the day, and lit up at night, “It Pays To Live In Ogden.” It was meant to convey that Ogden, at least on the Arch, was named “America’s Fastest ...

WSU guest opinion: The Real Tradwives of the West

Spend a few minutes online and you will find the “tradwife:” Bread on the counter, children in matching clothes, a husband just off-camera, and a nostalgic performance of domestic life. It is more romantic than historical. I just read Wallace Stegner’s “The Big Rock Candy Mountain,” ...

ROBBINS: Suddenly accountable: For social media giants, the party may be over

There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," -- the influential novel about slavery -- and former President Abraham Lincoln. "So," President Lincoln is reported to have greeted her, "you're the woman who wrote the book that made this great ...

FELDKAMP: In a world of war and wonder, attention is your greatest power

Watching the Artemis II space flight has filled my days with awe and wonder. From pilot Victor Glover's poignant Easter message and mission specialist Christina Koch's "space plumber" story to the crew naming a moon crater for commander Reid Wiseman's late wife. Artemis II really shows us what ...

Guest opinion: Why Earth Day matters more than ever

Fifty-seven years ago, Earth Day changed American politics. On April 22, 1970, 20 million American, about 10% of the entire U.S. population, took to the streets, campuses, and town squares in a single day to demand action after 150 years of uncontrolled industrial pollution. The demonstrations ...