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Private Eye

Deliver Us From Fools

Attn: Mormons of good sense

By John Saltas
POSTED // Jun 1,2011 - Outside of the rain—which abated enough to allow me to finally get my vegetable garden planted—this past Memorial Day Weekend was pleasant enough. That’s even counting the panicked hours spent looking for a missing kid ...

Private Eye

Medical Alert

Lawmakers can't leave booze alone

By John Saltas
POSTED // May 25,2011 - Yes, my formerly septic elbow is doing fine. Thanks for asking. Whereas a few weeks ago I could easily insert the better part of a Valencia orange into the gaping wound on my left arm ...

Private Eye

The Return of Private Eye

A crowd-sourced column by John Saltas

By John Saltas
POSTED // May 18,2011 - I’ve got some good news to share—I’ve discovered I’m not a dinosaur.

Private Eye

Dino-spite

Tribune staffers picked a poor time and place to take a bite out of John Saltas.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Apr 20,2011 - As an ethnic fellow with a real curiosity for family origins, I’m always attracted to names that are filled with consonants or end with -as, -akis, -ich or a single vowel ...

Private Eye

Packer Punch

E-billboards! Liquor! Mayhem! Mark Shurtleff! Luckily, Lynn Packer's on the case.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Apr 13,2011 - Sometimes I read something that causes me to break into laughter. I was reading The Salt Lake Tribune when I saw a story about the latest plague to strike Salt Lake City residents: e-billboards ...

Private Eye

Great Greeks

The best Greeks who've been left off the Best Of list.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Mar 30,2011 - I hope you like this year’s Best of Utah issue. You should—I had nothing to do with it. Well, barely. I didn’t vote, and I only wrote two staff picks this year ...

Private Eye

GRAMA Bama

Hillyard, Waddoups, Lockhart: Someday, these names should be as scary to children as Adolf, Muammar or Saddam.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Mar 23,2011 - I was in St. George recently when the earthquake struck southern Utah ...

Private Eye

Status Update

With all the crazy stuff they're likely texting, it's no wonder the Capitol Hill goons want some privacy.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Mar 9,2011 - I’m represented in the Utah Legislature by two Democrats. Sunday morning, I learned that each had voted in support of HB477 ...

Private Eye

Hard Foul

Deron Williams made his bed, and now he, the team, the fans, and the entire NBA have to lie in it.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Feb 16,2011 - Deron Williams, point guard, coach and director of operations of the Utah Jazz basketball team, is one of the best players in the NBA ...

Private Eye

Baby Boom

Only Jon Huntsman or an influx of babies can fix the liquor-law problem.

By John Saltas
POSTED // Feb 2,2011 - Over the years, I’ve had the unlucky pleasure of meeting nearly all of Utah’s top elected officials ...
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