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Guest opinion: Religion, morality and voting in the 2024 elections

Donald Trump should be the antithesis of a Republican presidential candidate. He rarely attends church. He has little knowledge of the Bible. He is twice divorced and is well known for multiple affairs between and even during his marriages. He was successfully sued for sexual assault. And he is ...

Guest opinion: Misinformation and misconceptions about immigration

The Wall Street Journal (March 17-24, 2024) conducted a poll of 600 registered voters and found that in the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the top issue of concern to voters in the 2024 presidential election is immigration — except in ...

Johnston: Funeral luncheons, volume 3

My mom is ridiculous. This isn’t the kind of thing a good son writes about his mother, but I think the evidence bears it out. People ought to know. Mom sends boxes of cookies and dessert bars to my kids as if they’re deployed on some humanitarian mission in a developing nation when, in ...

Guest opinion: Lawn Care 101

What is the secret to a beautiful lawn? Today, I thought I’d share my annual spring ritual, which is guaranteed to give you, if not a beautiful lawn, at least one that looks like mine. I usually start the year with the simple task of spraying the weeds in the driveway with weed killer. I ...

Guest opinion: Student protests are about the suffering of Palestinians

University student protests for an end to the Israeli offensive in Gaza are justified; antisemitism is not. We need to recognize the difference. The Oct. 6 incursion and massacre carried out by Hamas was barbarous and despicable. The brutal murder of civilians, men, women and children was an ...

Murray: To the students protesting injustice: Don’t create more injustice

This week, at least one campus in Utah joined the dozens across the nation that are engaging in a pro-Palestinian protest, proving wrong the Axios Salt Lake City article that claimed protests don’t happen on Utah’s campuses. Students at the University of Utah built a tent encampment to ...

The Homefront: Are seeds from a long-ago wooden drawer better?

It’s seed catalog time again. This means nothing to most people, and everything to those of us who can’t wait to breathe in the heady smell of watered soil and eventually eat a tomato straight off the vine. We’re not weird — just produce focused. My earliest gardening memories don’t ...

Guest opinion: EPA short-circuits the US power grid

On April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a blitz of regulations targeting the nation’s fossil-fuel power plants. In the center of the EPA’s crosshairs is America’s coal fleet, which remains a workhorse source of power across the country — and the leading source of ...

Guest opinion: Psychedelics as a vital path to healing for veterans

As our nation grapples with the enduring impact of war on our veterans, innovative approaches to mental health treatment are emerging, offering new hope for those who have faced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Recent studies (VA News, Smithsonian, Johns Hopkins, PTSD trial), including a ...