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Guest opinion: Gerrymandering districts should concern us all

The issue of gerrymandering has taken a bit of the stage in politics lately. It’s because Texas is trying to redraw its district lines, this directive coming from President Donald J. Trump through Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican majority in the Texas House of Representatives. As ...

PARKER: Gavin Newsom’s misguided redistricting initiative

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is upset with Texas. There's a reason he should be upset. California companies are pulling up in droves and moving to the Lone Star State and elsewhere. But that isn't what's bothering him. Newsom cares about politics and power, not markets and business. He's ...

BECKERMAN: I’m all pumped up

This time last year, I struggled with my New Year's resolution to go to the gym. This year I have made significant progress. I am going to the gym on a semiregular basis. And by "semiregular," I mean that I go often enough that I actually remember where it's located between visits. The bad ...

JOHNSTON: Our lives, hand in hand

I took a dumb fall last week, a hard tumble on rocks of the high Uintas, as if they’d been piling and solidifying for hundreds of millions of years just for the opportunity to throw me down upon the polished slabs. Now I’m pecking this column out with a fractured right thumb dangling above ...

Guest opinion: The right to life or the right to bear arms?

Since its inception, America’s Constitution has been dynamic. History reveals our Constitution has been amended and modified to meet the demands of our changing society. The 21st century has been filled with change. From the genesis of technology, which has literally placed good and bad ...