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Wednesday, November 18,2009
Private Eye

Happy Apocalypse, President Palin

Just as the Mayans predicted, the death comet of 2012 remains on course.

By John Saltas
The closest I ever came to the Mayan civilization was when I visited the Tulum ruins near Cancun and, later, when I ate some chocolate mole at the Red Iguana.
Wednesday, November 11,2009
Private Eye

Jim Matheson: No Scott, Not By a Long Shot

We pay for your health insurance, Jim. Pay it back.

By John Saltas
Soon after Scott M. Matheson was sworn in as Utah's governor in 1977, I opened my unemployment check and discovered I'd gotten a $5-per-week raise ...
Wednesday, November 4,2009
Private Eye

My Greek DNA Beats Yours

Dear U of U: You don't have to be born in Greece to be a Greek.

By John Saltas
A couple of years ago, I and other family members traced our DNA through FamilyTree.com.
Wednesday, October 28,2009
Private Eye

War Is Hell. So Is Inaction

Without knowing what the end game is in Afghanistan, why do it?

By John Saltas
I don't know firsthand if war really sucks or not, as I'm nonmilitary. But from what I'm told by my friends...
Wednesday, October 21,2009
Private Eye

Dallin Oaks, Foot in Mouth

LDS apostles’ birthright: Alienating and angering anyone who isn’t LDS.

By John Saltas
When I was in Greece this summer, I bought Pat Bagley a set of Greek worry beads...
Wednesday, October 14,2009
Private Eye

Bingham High Memories

Pay Dirt: Forward, forward, the Bingham Miners go.

By John Saltas
The first thing my wife asked me this morning was if I were ready to hit "pay dirt."
Wednesday, October 7,2009
Private Eye

Catch 22 Health Care

Americans think it’s more noble to die without health care than live with the government.

By John Saltas
For her own reasons, my wife pays no attention to me whatsoever except on Tuesdays...
Wednesday, September 30,2009
Private Eye

Utah Liquor Licenses Unfairly Withheld

Salt Lake City's The Hotel is the latest victim of a silly alcohol-regulation system.

By John Saltas
I didn't sleep so well last night. After tossing and turning while watching the clock remain frozen on the same hour...
Wednesday, September 16,2009
Private Eye

Shurtleff's Lost It, Folks

Has the AG forgotten he benefits from the same “socialist” government health care Utahns seem to oppose?

By John Saltas
The only time I shared oxygen with Sen. Bob Bennett, he was speaking to a group of student journalists at the University of Utah.
Wednesday, September 2,2009
Private Eye

Newspapers Gone Wild!

Big Utah dailies are making big blunders as they scramble for profits.

By John Saltas
A few years ago, Ann Poore, a former copy editor at City Weekly, occasionally suggested that I should meet Connie Coyne.
 
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