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Guest opinion: Caregiver children of failing parents

Across northern Utah there is a growing reality that almost no one talks about. Adult children are becoming the primary caregivers for aging parents who cannot keep up with daily life. They are juggling work, marriage, financial pressure, and constant crisis management. It is a silent burden ...

DE RUGY: Coming for your credit card from left and right

In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval Office visit from Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and ...

Guest opinion: In defense of the Dignity Index

Scholars estimate that the 1994 Rwandan genocide resulted in the murder of between 800,000 and 1 million ethnic Tutsis and the rape of between a quarter and a half million women. One aspect of this horrific event worth noting is the use of the term “Inyenzi” (cockroach) by extremist Hutus ...

Letter: ‘Fix Our Forest Act’ is one we should support

The constant stream of news about how Trump policies are damaging our environment is discouraging. Our changing climate is putting all Utahns at risk of wildfire, flash floods, air pollution and drought. Learning that the administration’s policies are undermining the Forest Service’s ...

Letter: Utah drivers need to improve

I see where Utah is ranked nationally as the third worse state for drivers in the United States. I can speak only for Ogden and Salt Lake City, but that being the case, I’m sure that is sufficient enough for me to say based on what I see on TV and read about, Utah should have its ranking ...