Sundanced Eyes

John Saltas keeps his composure through a sad music-themed movie.

POSTED // Jan 26,2011 - Did I miss anything by not writing the past four weeks? Yeah, I thought not. I write this column on Tuesdays, it being the last thing delivered to our editors that goes into the weekly paper ...

Money For Nothing

POSTED // Dec 22,2010 - When I was a kid, my dad and all the dads who worked for Kennecott Copper, from the Bingham Canyon mine to the Magna smelter, regularly got in the mail their issue of the company newsmagazine, Kennescope.

YouTube-itis

Utah AG posts cancer revelation on YouTube. Really, Shurtleff?

POSTED // Dec 8,2010 - I just became viewer 858 of the YouTube announcement that Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff recently discovered he has a form of colon cancer ...

Happy Facebook

All is right with the world now the Utes have beat BYU.

POSTED // Dec 1,2010 - After several Facebook friends pointed me in the right direction, I was finally able to fully enjoy the Nov. 27 Utah/BYU football game ...

Airport Fondling

Now you can be afraid of terrorists and pat-downs, too.

POSTED // Nov 24,2010 - I have seen my share of airports this year. Over the past several months, it’s become clear that the traveler’s desire to have a terrorist-free journey ...

Pagan Rites

Recent events turned Saltas and the Utes into pariahs.

POSTED // Nov 17,2010 - Just two weeks ago, I was rolling merrily along life’s bumpy highway. Nothing unusual; we all have bumps in the road ...

It's a Miracle

Father Michael Kouremetis proclaims a miracle. OK.

POSTED // Oct 27,2010 - Miracles just don’t get much respect these days. It’s only been slightly over 2,000 years since the miracles cited in the New Testament launched ...

Everybody's Weird

Love/hate your neighbor.

POSTED // Oct 13,2010 - Some people condemn the Internet, but not I. I don’t merely embrace it for all the wondrous things I derive from it ...

Deseret Snooze

The Deseret News may be innovative, but it isn't news.

POSTED // Oct 6,2010 - As some may know, and as others may celebrate, I haven’t provided a column to City Weekly for awhile ...

Beer Me

The Utah Beer Festival is a historic event.

POSTED // Sep 8,2010 - Shameless plug department: If you have some free time this Saturday, join the City Weekly crew at the first City Weekly Utah Beer Festival ...