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Napolitano: Can Congress ban TikTok?

"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison set about to draft the Bill of Rights — the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution — he was articulating what lawyers and philosophers and judges call ...

Letter: Blake Moore smartly addressing the growing US debt

What a compliment it is for Utah that our Congressional representatives are tackling the national debt head-on, as reporter Gitanjali Poonia explained in her January 22 article, “Rep. Blake Moore proposes a bipartisan bill to revamp the congressional budgeting system.” Republicans were ...

Letter: Republicans must abandon Trump, stand up to Putin

Enough already! Is there any doubt that the GOP is now the FOP? The FRIENDS OF PUTIN (FOP) party: (1) Has blocked aid to Ukraine in its continuing war to stop Russia’s illegal expansion of its borders, aggression against democracy, and future threats to NATO, and (2) is about to embrace ...

Letter: Values in Republican Party platform don’t match Trump

The Utah Republican State platform states in the preamble, it "supports a government based upon a moral and spiritual foundation". In the section on Ethics and Standards, the party states, "We demand honesty, integrity, morality and accountability of our public officials." Under Equal Rights, ...

Letter: Dealing with America’s astronomic debt won’t be easy

If you started right now from one, and continued counting every second of every day, it would take you ≈ 11.5 days to count to one million; ≈ 31 years to count to one billion; and ≈ 31,000 years to count to one trillion. As of 2024 — and per the government’s own projections — the ...

Guest opinion: Utah must mandate no-kill practices at animal shelters

If you’re famished and a politician signs a declaration that sometime this year hunger could end in your state — would you feel angry or hopeful? And if that representative’s decree was fulfilled a year after your death from starvation: Why did your life matter less than those who were ...

Stossel: ’15 days to slow the spread’

Four years ago, government officials told us, "Stay home!" We have "15 days to slow the spread." Days turned into months and then years, while officials chipped away at our freedoms. I have long been wary of politicians, but even I was surprised at how authoritarian many were eager to ...

Guest opinion: Impeachment in context

With Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment secured, House Republicans can now set their sights on President Joe Biden. To this end, Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee recently grilled special counsel Robert Hur regarding his investigation into Biden's handling ...

Guest opinion: Scientific fraud puts Utah children’s safety at risk

It seems that a day doesn’t go by without a highly acclaimed scholar being accused of scientific fraud, which can range from manipulating data and results to plagiarism. When caught, studies that are trusted and “settled science” are retracted. However, the damage may already have been ...

Kowalewski: Celebrating ‘herstories’

This month, I attended a memorial service for my friend and colleague, Wangarĩ wa Nyatetũ-Waigwa. She was a brilliant mind and a beautifully giving soul. The thoughtful reflections shared by her son, spouse, friends and former students deepened my understanding of her humble yet weighty ...