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Kowalewski: Lessons on work-life balance from the Grand Canyon

Prior to hiking the Grand Canyon over Memorial Day weekend, my body’s metaphorical “check engine” light was totally on, but rather than heed the warning signs, I continually looked away, threw my gear shift into drive and hit the gas. Family, friends and colleagues had been offering ...

Robbins: Bowing to Trump, the GOP launches a phony impeachment inquiry

A political gaffe, journalist Michael Kinsley once said, is what happens when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Republican Rep. Ken Buck is no doubt drawing fire from his Republican colleagues in the House for his Washington Post op-ed last week deriding his party's newly launched ...

The Homefront: ‘A real gift from a real person to a real child’

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine a year and a half ago, the world watched transfixed and dismayed. Many of us thought, as we often do when we view news coverage of world tragedies both natural and manmade, “What can I do to help?” It’s a sincere question, one that lingers with us ...

Erickson: Politics and faith at a crossroads

A growing number of Christians in the United States are convinced the nation is in a spiritual crisis. Crime is on the rise. Singleness and isolation are on the rise. Mental health issues, suicide, depression and despair have set in. Secular society has rushed toward unbridled hedonism, pouring ...

Letter: Politicians shouldn’t put party before public service

I have always been taught that America was a country "of the people, by the people and for the people". It seems nowadays that it is a country "of the Party, by the Party, and for the Party". Are our senators and representatives so afraid of not getting re-elected and feel the ire of their ...

Letter: Modern Republican Party too wrapped up in faith, fealty

The Second Amendment, contrary to Republican belief, is not the Second Commandment. It didn't come down carved in stone from Mt. Sinai insisting that we rush out and buy a military-style assault rifle. Republicans mistakenly confuse the two. They stubbornly refuse to deal with our country's ...

Barone: People of color trending Republican

Are non-white voters really moving away from the Democratic Party? To partisan Democrats confronting this question on Twitter (sorry, X), it seems preposterous that the party of former President Donald Trump, whom they routinely call a racist, could be gaining support from blacks, Hispanics and ...

Letter: State Legislature taking unnecessary trips on our dime

It appears that the State Legislature and the Governors office do not have any respect for the tax money that they spend. Earlier this year the Legislature sent a contingent to the UK for some reason — doesn't do anything for the citizens of the State. Then they sent a good sized contingent ...

Letter: Despite resistance, Ogden needs renewable energy plan

A couple of weeks ago David Willis published a very dubious piece on the Community Renewable Energy Program (CREP) that was full of errors. Happily, subsequent guest commentaries by Angela Choberka, Dan Dugan and Eli Davis have set the record straight. CREP is not compulsory — it offers a ...

Letter: Consider adopting an animal to prevent euthanasia

We have a crisis in O town. Weber County Animal services have too many animals! They are at this moment overcapacity. To remain a no-kill shelter they need our help. Please sound a very loud alarm. Many animals need to be adopted immediately!! Time is of the essence!! ALL of the animals there, ...