WASHINGTON — Journalists don't cry. It's in the code of conduct. Yet tears welled in my eyes in the House press gallery when Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her farewell speech as Speaker, though she will stay on in Congress. Reader, the stem-winder at high noon brought down the house. Clad in ...
Editor's note: A previous version of this article was inadvertently attributed to the wrong author. The economist Arthur Okun described the redistribution of money through taxation as a “leaky bucket.” Some funds get lost in transit, some go to administrative costs and so on. Yet most ...
Hakeem Jeffries seems poised to replace Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democrats. A Black political moderate, the Brooklyn congressman is often likened to Barack Obama. Even-tempered, he is known to "play" with most of the children in Washington. And at 52, he represents generational ...
America could finally be on its way to hammering out a truce between advocates for same-sex marriage and religious opponents who want no part of it. It's a tall order. Congress is the architect of one part of the truce. The Senate is advancing a bill, with bipartisan support, to ensure that a ...
I’m a college student attending Weber State University studying Early Childhood Education. Throughout my schooling I have been able to learn about child development and the education system. Recently I’ve learned about a rising issue in our state regarding the education of our children. ...
I'm not specifically aware of when, during the "Make Ogden" public input sessions, the residents of our city were particularly supportive of the current Wonderblock development plan as opposed to our ongoing infrastructure needs or perhaps affordable housing needs, which remain unmet. The land ...
The last Saturday in November has come to be known as Small Business Saturday. As that day approaches and as the owner of Uinta Alpaca, I want to thank the many patrons we have who work to support those of us in the community. Our alpaca farm offers by-appointment only tours and shopping, ...
Empower Northern Utah, a program led by Weber State University Sustainability, is offering Davis and Weber county residents free or discounted Nest Thermostat E's to increase energy efficiency and cut utility bills. Weber State has a long history of helping the community save money while ...
I love Thanksgiving and its traditions — the homemade centerpieces, the bad football, the interminable televised parades — but there's one I'd rather skip. It's an almost-inescapable tradition, one that usually rears its head just as you're sitting down to eat. Everyone's starving because ...
Editor's note: Pat Buchanan is off. The 2022 midterm elections were, by any objective measure, tremendously disappointing for Republicans. As has already been discussed ad nauseam, the "red wave" that so many -- yours truly included -- had predicted simply did not materialize. The reasons for ...
