Shout Out to SLC Firefighters

The calm after the storm.

Hi, my name is Conor Jensen and I happened to be driving by the scene of the July 26 fire at 741 S. Roberta St. and could not help noticing the feeling of the calmness after the storm. It's as if ti

Ode to a Famous Splitboarder

A certain somebody is wished a happy birthday.

Roberto Freire, a famous Brazilian psychiatrist, once wrote, “Love wasn’t made to be comprehended, just to be lived.” We always have some stuff that, even if we change, it will never

Tattoo Hypocrisy

Tattoo purists refuse to give first tattoo.

Although tattoos have become fairly commonplace and society, in general, is more open-minded towards them, they are still not widely accepted.Those who fight against them fight hard. If you have the m

Utah Not Protecting Its Citizens

Allowing depleted uranium at EnergySolutions puts people at risk.

Editor's Note: The following is a statement given by Bob Henline to the Utah Radiation Control Board on Jan. 26, 2009. “The Utah Division of Radiation Control (DRC) protects Utah citizens an

Nobama in 2012

Failed promises make for a failed presidency.

On January 19, 2009 Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. President Barack Obama was elected on a wave of grass-roots support, the public crying out for real change in

Freedom Roadblock

Salt Lake City is considering ordinances that will prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.  There are already laws on the books that seek to prohibit dis

Bottled Pollution

By Susanna Metzger Its conception is anti-climatic. Its birth is not out of the ordinary. But it’s not without major controversy, either. Some say it’s not even necessary. Bottled

Sutherland vs. Liberty & Equality

Join us in the 21st Century, State Legislature.

The bigots at the Sutherland Institute are at it again, this time issuing a press release opposing Mayor Becker’s proposed city ordinances to ban employment and housing discrimination ...

Uranium & Greed

Welcome to Utah, where the corporations make their own rules and send them to the regulatory agencies for rubber-stamp authorization.

On September 22, 2009 the Utah Radiation Control Board officially handed over the responsibility for nuclear waste regulation to EnergySolutions. In addition to their 8-3 vote rejecting a proposed mor

Tumbling Freedoms

The Ongoing Tragedy of Sept. 11

This past weekend Americans remembered the tragedy of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On that day thousands of American citizens were senselessly and heinously murdered by Al-Qaeda terror