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Davis County GOP party official needs to apologize for Facebook post

Talk about your “grave mistakes” …Last Sunday morning, while the rest of <a href="http://www.daviscountyutah.gov/" target="_blank">Davis County</a> was either sleeping in or getting ready for the day’s church/chores/recreation/etc., one intrepid local ...

Columnist believes President Trump making America worse than Haiti

For someone who’s supposed to be this “very stable genius,” the guy sure can be unpredictably dumb.We begin this week with two spoiler alerts:<strong>SPOILER ALERT 1.</strong> This column involves an extremely vulgar word that may be inappropriate for some ...

Angry over Monson obit in NY Times? Why not go visit a widow?

<em>“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before ...

The ultimate listicle: Weirdest stuff columnist wrote about in 2017

Journalists love lists. Especially in late December.In fact, the number of lists generated by the media is inversely proportional to the number of days left in any given year — the fewer days remaining, the more lists we produce.I’d planned on presenting the “Top 10 Weirdest Stuff I Wrote ...

Depressed at the holidays? Maybe it’s the music

They say depression spikes at the holidays.If that’s true, we all know exactly where to lay the blame. Christmas music.Consider the case against these seasonal strains …<strong>EXHIBIT A: “The Christmas Shoes,” sung by the Christian vocal group ...

It’s official: At least 736 jackasses in Weber County alone

Sure, our air is bad these days. But on the bright side, at least we now know how many certifiable jackasses we have in <a href="http://www.webercountyutah.gov/" target="_blank">Weber County</a>.Survey says: 736 of them.We know because it just happens to be the exact ...

Breathe easy, folks — here comes the dreaded temperature inversion

It might be the longest four-letter word in the English language.“Temperature inversion.”Nothing gets you in the holiday spirit quite like air you can actually see — and very nearly feel and taste, as well. And this week, according to the experts, Northern Utah’s famed winter inversion ...

Roosters’ beer, chickens’ eggs in the Ogden news

OGDEN — Roosters? Apparently, folks around here are saying “Yes, please.”But chickens? Not so much.This past week, <a href="http://www.roostersbrewingco.com/" target="_blank">Roosters Brewing Company</a> held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new ...

Trump’s visit to Utah rife with all sorts of Twitter possibilities

Well. President Donald Trump just paid a visit to the Beehive State.He was in Salt Lake City to sign proclamations reducing the size of the controversial Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, and to briefly tour The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Welfare ...