Those of us who, like me, are related to ... ahem ... England’s royal family live exciting lives. Besides being a royal, I was also a regular dancer at world-famous Carnegie Hall. This is really true. But I’ve learned that it behooves greatness to be modest. This is especially wise if your ...
How are America's leaders measuring up against the standards set by the Constitution and the examples of the Founding Fathers? It's a question I've been asking as I seek refuge from contemporary politics in reading and occasionally writing, in my 2023 book "Mental Maps of the Founders," about ...
In the current political climate as well as all the other "normal" days, it's always a breath of fresh air to read D. Louise Brown's columns. Funny, poignant and relatable stories about life, its challenges and its beauty are perfectly articulated by this gifted and down to earth writer. D. ...
When Diogenes climbed out of his bed in a large water jar, he went for a walk around Athens; with a lantern. He had become so disgusted with the moral character of senators that he wandered looking for an honest man so he could light him up for recognition. That was 2300 years ago and I have ...
The God of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is quite clear: choose life, that ye may live (Deuteronomy 30:19). We are Protestant pastors who serve two churches in Weber County, and we are concerned about the almost 9000-acre “inland port” being planned for the eastern shores of Great ...
Overwhelming numbers of Americans want more of the pleasures we are already experiencing — more sports, more celebrities, more holidays, more movies and video games, more restaurants, more travel destinations. For some 190 years, since the campaign to lower the workday from 12 hours to 10 ...
Utah families have long understood that each of their children is unique and learns differently. Rebecca, a Salt Lake City mom of a 7-year old, watched her son struggle in public school under a mountain of worksheets and requirements to sit still. So she brought him home, where he has since ...
In the debate over the future of higher education, an erroneous assumption lingers like inverted air pollution over the Salt Lake Valley: that the pinnacle of academic research and its impact on our world is reserved for the ivied halls of elite institutions of higher education, and regional ...
Washington's pink cherry blossoms, a spring sight for sore eyes, are about to be whacked. The Park Service says 150 trees must be cut down to build a new seawall round the Tidal Basin, where the marble Jefferson Monument perches perfectly on the water. That calls up the legend of young George ...
One morning before school, I asked my son a series of questions: Do you know what it means to be a bully? Do you know that sometimes bullies use harmful words to talk about a person’s culture and race? Have you heard any of these words at school? Do you know what it means to say the ...
