POSTED // Jan 16,2013 - Jeff Laver poses a fair, important and timely question of those who may be rethinking their commitment to remain members of the LDS Church [“You Try Being Second Class,” Letters, Jan. 3, City Weekly].

POSTED // Jan 16,2013 - On Jan. 9, police officers of Utah’s Joint Criminal Apprehension Team allegedly shot and killed Kelly Fay Simons, an unarmed 38-year-old woman and suspect in a series of robberies.

POSTED // Jan 16,2013 - I was reading Peter Maier’s letter [“Hydrogen-Based Energy Is the Future,” Dec. 20, City Weekly] and nostalgia set in.

POSTED // Jan 16,2013 - Some friends have posted on Facebook that they’re flying the American flag upside down for the foreseeable future because they can’t believe what is happening to their country.

POSTED // Jan 9,2013 - The article, “No Movie, Please” [Dec. 20, City Weekly] brought back a fun memory. It involves one of the ’80s properties Bryan Young mentioned but stems from said property’s revival in the past decade.

POSTED // Jan 9,2013 - As it increasingly seems that Obama means to compromise again with the GOP on the “Fiscal Farce” that is the current fear du jour in Washington, D.C. ...

POSTED // Jan 9,2013 - Teachers are underpaid and underappreciated—saints, miracle workers. Most suppliers of educational materials begin the letter they send to schools ...

POSTED // Jan 1,2013 - Thank you, John Saltas, for your lovely and touching column [“Josephine,” Dec. 20, City Weekly] that clearly gives perspective on how we must address the Second Amendment and our prioritie

POSTED // Jan 1,2013 - The Mormon church set up a website where it acknowledges the humanity of homosexuals, and people fell all over themselves hailing this “progress.” In a way, it is progress. Hopefully, it will help prevent Mormon parents from kicking out their gay teenage offspring and Mormon queers from killing themselves.

POSTED // Jan 1,2013 - I never thought I’d agree with Christian fundamentalists, but they may be right about some Mormons not being Christians.