Drunk Man Walking

Mayor Becker knows as much about getting a cab in this town as a donkey knows about needlepoint.

POSTED // Dec 16,2009 - Many years ago, when I did time as a bartender, a friend of mine would come into the bar I worked at and get supremely crosseyed...

A Beer for Max Hall

BYU's quarterback is some kind of magical brewski magnet.

POSTED // Dec 9,2009 - I hope you’re all through with the Max Hall debacle. I sure am. It’s high time we forget how much he hates everything about the University of Utah and why.

Utah Won, Max Hall Loses

POSTED // Dec 2,2009 - An hour after the Utah/BYU football game on Nov. 28, BYU quarterback Max Hall made his now-famous remarks about how much he hated “everything” about the University of Utah ...

Happy Apocalypse, President Palin

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

POSTED // Nov 18,2009 - 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.

Jim Matheson: No Scott, Not By a Long Shot

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

POSTED // Nov 11,2009 - 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 ...

My Greek DNA Beats Yours

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

POSTED // Nov 4,2009 - A couple of years ago, I and other family members traced our DNA through FamilyTree.com.

War Is Hell. So Is Inaction

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

POSTED // Oct 28,2009 - I don't know firsthand if war really sucks or not, as I'm nonmilitary. But from what I'm told by my friends...

Dallin Oaks, Foot in Mouth

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

POSTED // Oct 21,2009 - When I was in Greece this summer, I bought Pat Bagley a set of Greek worry beads...

Bingham High Memories

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

POSTED // Oct 14,2009 - The first thing my wife asked me this morning was if I were ready to hit "pay dirt."

Catch 22 Health Care

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

POSTED // Oct 7,2009 - For her own reasons, my wife pays no attention to me whatsoever except on Tuesdays...