Posted // May 23,2012  - Executive director Heather Sneddon Heather Sneddon is the new executive director of Utah Lawyers for the Arts, a group founde ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Samba Fogo's Patricia Modesto Patricia Modesto is Utah’s 2012 Samba Queen, winning the title in March when she com ...

Posted // May 9,2012  - Society has failed homeless, mentally ill There’s an estimate that on any given night in the United States, about 150,000 seve ...

Posted // May 2,2012  - Absinthe offers more than just haircuts We enjoy steampunk and wanted to incorporate it into what we do, because it doesn’t ...

Posted // April 24,2012  - Sara Librandi: Make your voice heard Sara Librandi burst onto the Utah political scene as organizer of the local Unite Against ...

Posted // April 18,2012  - Interview with Organizer Wade Haskell After the death of his mother in 2011, Utah Valley University student Wade Haskell joined ...

Posted // April 11,2012  - Former presidential assistant talks immigration Mickey Ibarra served as assistant to former President Bill Clinton and was the director of ...

Posted // April 4,2012  - David Cobb: Find your righteous anger David Cobb works for Move to Amend, whose Salt Lake City branch is trying to collect 9,000 ...

Posted // March 29,2012  - Applying the scientific method to booze After three years of home brewing, Ladan Jiracek started the Beer Brewing Club, the Univer ...

Posted // March 21,2012  - PETA's Matt Bruce is on a crusade Matt Bruce, whose uncle was a bullfighter in Mexico, became a vegan when he was a teenager ...

Posted // November 7,2011  - Also: Why the bedsheet dresses? What I want to know is how come Mexican women are so comfortable with their bodies? What m ...

Posted // November 1,2011  -   The three anti-Mexi slurs you used are so 1950s—the only people who use those words ...

Posted // October 24,2011  - Also: Is 'Mexican' Offensive? Dear Mexican: There’s something I’m concerned about, or bothered by. I was bor ...

Posted // October 17,2011  - Also: Soccer goats? I’ve seen Hot Gardener once since I first wrote you, and HG made it clear he still w ...

Posted // October 10,2011  - Also: "Illegal" is an English word What's up with all the elaborate wrought-iron fences in the Mexican parts of town? ...

Posted // October 3,2011  - Also: Not all Gringos alike Dear Mexican: I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was young, ...

Posted // September 26,2011  - Also:Chicano movement Dear Mexican: I hear that at the last Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing abou ...

Posted // September 19,2011  - Also: Who covers Latino issues? Dear Mexican: I am a half-breed, as they say (Mexican father, Anglo mother), and recently ...

Posted // September 14,2011  - Also: Pigs for winter Dear Mexican: I live in upstate New York, and while we have a relatively small Mexican pop ...

Posted // September 5,2011  - Also: What's authentic Mexican music? Every single day between the hours of 5 a.m. and 12 p.m., there are at least one hundred M ...

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Posted // May 23,2012  - Theologians reveal Heaven is on Facebook The biggest news story last week was a definitive report issued by leading theologians as ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Mit 'apologizes' for bullying incident Everyone has been piling on my old missionary companion for giving a hijinks haircut to a ...

Posted // May 9,2012  - Mia Love is no unqualified novelty candidate To begin with, she’s got the best name in politics: Mia Love. There are, to be sure, ...

Posted // May 2,2012  - Orrin won't leave cushy Senate seat Actually, Uncle Orrin is pretty darn pissed off about having to run in a primary against D ...

Posted // April 25,2012  - Every celeb can claim Utah connection After a long day, I like to relax by doing a Google search on famous people and their conn ...

Posted // April 18,2012  - KSL ditches news for faith promotion Here at the Deep End, our crack team of Truth Specialists are pleased to have played a sma ...

Posted // April 11,2012  - Romney keeps LDS Church's secrets Predictably, our elderly senior senator, Orrin Hatch, has played the Mormon card in the pr ...

Posted // April 4,2012  - Elder Archuleta departs on mission KSL 5 has been in decline for some time, but we can now pinpoint the precise moment it tot ...

Posted // March 29,2012  - City Creek gives out free stuff on Sunday Responding to universal criticism about shutting down stores on Sundays in City Creek, Mor ...

Posted // March 21,2012  - The Candidate can't escape his canine assailants Due to a series of disconcerting incidents involving dogs, the Secret Service is now keepi ...

Posted // May 23,2012  - The rise & fall of the trendy bicycle The genesis of this column was a report of fixed-gear bikes—fixies—becoming th ...

Posted // May 9,2012  - Creating a "national issues only" party I really shouldn’t be writing this. I’ve been helping Rocky Anderson compose c ...

Posted // May 2,2012  - Jim Rizzi moves on; Now shuts down While on a recent overseas vacation, I inquired of some fellow travelers, “How do yo ...

Posted // April 27,2012  - Print out a less-challenging version here The crossword puzzle in this week's issue was inadvertantly printed with strange character ...

Posted // April 26,2012  - Utah's gender-based pay gap The joke is on Utah girls. Fed a fairy tale about motherhood from the time we’re han ...

Posted // April 18,2012  - Lessons learned from 5,321 miles I think a well-lived life needs at least one transformative moment. What I have in mind is ...

Posted // April 11,2012  - Growing an "urban forest" For 15 years, I lived in a house in Massachusetts that was heated by a woodstove instead o ...

Posted // April 4,2012  - True meaning of words are continually eroding Richard Louv’s lecture keynoted a symposium called Exuberant Sustainability, sponsor ...

Posted // March 29,2012  - What hast the LDS Church wrought? Walking along the faux creek bed prior to City Creek’s grand opening, gazing up at t ...

Posted // March 22,2012  - Are Utah students too lazy to read? Kara Miller, a teacher at Babson College in Massachusetts, wrote an op-ed in The Boston Gl ...

Posted // May 18,2012  - Be the smartest animal, Taurus If we thought of your life as a book, the title of the next chapter could very well be &ld ...

Posted // May 11,2012  - Fantasize in detail, Taurus Taurus actor Daniel Day Lewis will star as American president Abraham Lincoln in a film to ...

Posted // May 4,2012  - Begin a fresh cycle, Taurus From an astrological perspective, it’s the New Year season; you’re beginning a ...

Posted // April 27,2012  - Stretch your intelligence, Taurus “What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but ...

Posted // April 20,2012  - Practice maximum self-expression, Taurus Let’s see if you know what these exquisitely individuated luminaries have in common: ...

Posted // April 13,2012  - Prove them wrong, Aries But even though they have admirable qualities I admire, I don't expect to have an intimate ...

Posted // April 6,2012  - Find your spiritual home, Aries Please study this testimony: “Born in a rancid, bat-infested cave at the base of the ...

Posted // March 30,2012  - Get out of your comfort zone, Aries A few months after America invaded Iraq in 2003, soldier Brian Wheeler wrote the following ...

Posted // March 23,2012  - Outgrow the dark fairy tale, Aries Not bad for a few weeks’ work, or play, or whatever it is you want to call this torm ...

Posted // March 16,2012  - Nurture a project, Pisces Seahorses have an unusual approach to reproduction. It’s the male of the species tha ...

Posted // November 23,2011  - Eviction of Occupy SLC is a loss for community I thought I knew what community was. If I’m midway through a cookie recipe and I nee ...

Posted // May 21,2012  -   Wind farms could be contributing to climate change and affecting crops, according to new r ...

Posted // May 14,2012  -   Following revelations that the federal General Services Administration spent $823,000 of t ...

Posted // May 7,2012  -   Police charged Gregory Derrell Lea, 42, with assaulting a 27-year-old woman in Charles Cou ...

Posted // April 30,2012  -   When the men couldn't produce a bill of sale for the animal, they were arrested on suspici ...

Posted // April 23,2012  -   The gift shop at the Gettysburg National Military Park visitors’ center stopped sell ...

Posted // April 16,2012  -   Holding a gun makes you think others are, too, according to research by University of Notr ...

Posted // April 9,2012  -   Missouri lawmakers voted to add gun owners to the list of groups protected against workpla ...

Posted // April 2,2012  -   A Brazilian school system is spending $670,000 to provide students with computer chips, to ...

Posted // March 26,2012  -   English fire fighters summoned to rescue Simon Burgess, 41, found the victim floating face ...

Posted // March 19,2012  -   Seeking sexual gratification by blindfolding pupils to play a "tasting game" and then spoo ...

Posted // June 8,2011  -   "It reminds me of the person I strive to be." —Hayley McDanielSalt Lake ...

Posted // May 27,2011  -   A reminder to live life and not hide from it. ...

Posted // May 23,2011  -   "My dad has a lion on his arm so I decided it would be a good idea." ...

Posted // May 13,2011  -   Last May, I was hit by a car on my scooter and almost lost my life. This is my reminder th ...

Posted // May 6,2011  -   I feel my Cancerian zodiac fits me well, but I didn’t want an obvious sideways 69 on ...

Posted // April 29,2011  -   "I love bees!" ...

Posted // April 22,2011  -   "I’ve always loved this Time Life picture." ...

Posted // April 15,2011  -   "Because occasionally my girlfriends like to kiss dudes." ...

Posted // April 8,2011  -   The anchor is becoming strong and stable and the roses represent love, purity, gratitude a ...

Posted // April 1,2011  -   Last year we lost 16 family and friends. This was for all of them. ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - The newspaper industry isn't dead The last time I wrote in this space was back in March. In newspaper years, that equals abo ...

Posted // March 14,2012  - Hold 'em or fold 'em, Gov. Herbert? Several weeks ago, I poked my head out of my hiding hole, saw my shadow and rushed back in ...

Posted // February 8,2012  - Real men don't start Twitter fights I had the pleasure—and it really was a pleasure—to meet Larry H. Miller one ti ...

Posted // January 18,2012  - Huntsman's out; Romney's a fake From the time I became eligible to vote in 1972, I have never voted for a Republican candi ...

Posted // December 28,2011  - Shopping, miracles and beer About the only thing I did right this holiday season was attend a performance of Annie at ...

Posted // December 14,2011  - Soldier's question showed Mitt has no clue I’ve always had a soft spot for our military veterans. I’ve always admired and ...

Posted // November 30,2011  - A slap in the face to true Utah fans As if there hasn’t been enough distressing news lately, I’ve just read in The ...

Posted // November 2,2011  - Corruption here, there, everywhere I haven’t written a column in a couple of weeks. In my absence, the columnist-topic ...

Posted // October 12,2011  - Is Mitt Christian? Does it matter? I’ve lived with Mormons my entire life (via blood, friendship and jackasses I can&rs ...

Posted // October 5,2011  - The Utes, Becker & Mitt/Jon There’s no sugarcoating the ass kicking the Utah Utes football team received at the ...

Posted // May 23,2012  - 8 hot Memorial Day Weekend parties Eight Memorial Day Weekend parties and events not to be missed ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - 8 graduation speeches you may hear Eight graduation speeches you may hear this month ...

Posted // May 9,2012  - 8 hot new manscaping looks Eight hot new manscaping looks for summer 2012—ask your stylist today ...

Posted // May 2,2012  - 8 inexplicably failed Utah comedy clubs Eight inexplicably failed Utah comedy clubs ...

Posted // April 25,2012  - 8 new Jason Statham movies Eight Jason Statham movies coming in 2012 after this weekend’s “new” Saf ...

Posted // April 18,2012  - 8 holograms slated for Coachella next year Eight exciting hologram performances already slated for next year’s Coachella Music ...

Posted // April 11,2012  - 8 little-known factoids about the Titanic Eight little-known factoids about the Titanic, which sank 100 years ago this week ...

Posted // April 4,2012  - 8 new items on the BK menu Eight new items on the recently revamped Burger King menu ...

Posted // March 29,2012  - 8 BOU categories left off this year Eight Best of Utah 2012 categories accidentally left off this year’s ballot (fill it ...

Posted // March 22,2012  - 8 new stores for the CCC Eight stores that The Ocho really hopes will open at City Creek Mall, er, Center, soon ... ...

Posted // May 21,2012  - What's the most likely to happen? I’d like your opinion on which is most likely in our lifetime: 1. The sun explodes. ...

Posted // May 14,2012  - What's the worst sting? I was reading on Cracked.com about the tarantula hawk, a giant wasp that hunts tarantulas ...

Posted // May 8,2012  - What use do allergies serve? Many studies indicate spending time on a farm during childhood reduces the likelihood of a ...

Posted // April 30,2012  - How much energy is wasted on fatties? Recently someone asked about the amount of energy Americans are storing in body fat. A mor ...

Posted // April 23,2012  - Is pot stronger these days? Is pot stronger these days? Some folks state as fact that parents should realize, “P ...

Posted // April 16,2012  - Daylight Saving Time vs. raccoons On my drive into work today, the first workday back since the Daylight Saving Time spring ...

Posted // April 9,2012  - Killed by a home run? I’ve heard of the occasional car in a baseball-stadium parking lot being damaged by ...

Posted // April 2,2012  - Can car static kill you? In winter, I’ve gotten big shocks from static electricity when getting out of my car ...

Posted // March 26,2012  - Does cutting taxes stimulate job growth? Is there any evidence to support the mantra that cutting taxes stimulates job growth? ...

Posted // March 12,2012  - Why do they stay in the pan? This is an old one, and I’m surprised it didn’t turn up when I did a search on ...