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Guest opinion: Don’t walk on chalk!

What is it about living creatures that we can never be content with comfort? After all, we spend all of our lives searching for it. But give a person half a chance and you’ll find them struggling on a rock face with every muscle aching in their designer climbing wear. Even animals are not ...

ROBERTS: Time for a more conservative approach to affordable housing

Utah lawmakers often campaign on conservative, free-market principles. They warn of government overreach and celebrate Utah’s economic dynamism. But when it comes to housing policy, their actions suggest a different playbook — one that funnels benefits to politically connected developers ...

Guest opinion: Why does Utah have a death penalty?

In 1976, I was serving as the police chief in Orem. With just a few months on the job, I received a late-night phone call from Lt. Gerald Neilson regarding a potential homicide at a Sinclair gas station. I went to the crime scene and saw a dead young man on the floor of the gas station ...

Guest opinion: True north leadership — The Ogden Way

Being mayor of Ogden is not a ceremonial role. It’s an executive responsibility — one that demands daily attention to real-world operations, strategic coordination, and the long-term health of our city. We are entrusted by the people of Ogden to act with urgency, integrity and discipline in ...

Guest opinion: Utah’s sky-high tech ambitions are a bet worth making

Utah’s Silicon Slopes aren’t the next Silicon Valley. They represent something more distinctive — a canvas with the right values and just enough infrastructure to make it work. That makes it a rare thing in 2025: a state where forward-thinking policy converges with open opportunity. For ...

JOHNSTON: A country worth defending

Leading into our Independence Day weekend, our legislative branch passed and the president signed a budget reconciliation bill. It’s gotten a lot of press already, and I suspect its effects will continue to reverberate, even when the media and our attentions move on to something else. At its ...