POSTED // Feb 20,2008 - Amid all the recollections earlier this month during what came to be known in the local media as the “Passing of a Prophet”—as if he were some sort of kidney stone—one story of Gordon B. Hinckley stood out in terms of the impact...

POSTED // Jan 23,2008 - The most popular athletes at the University of Utah during the winter aren’t the usual suspects: very large men who can move their implausibly large bodies impossibly fast while being televised. No, the competitors who draw the biggest crowds to...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - What goes on behind the Zion Curtain can often be difficult to explain to outsiders. However, what happens in Utah doesn’t have to stay in Utah, thanks to those who are able to translate the unique atmosphere of this pretty, great state to the rest...

POSTED // Dec 12,2007 - Just how much of a “basketball jones” do local hoops fans have? We’ll find out this winter when, in addition to the usual menu of one NBA franchise and three NCAA Division I programs in the relatively short distance between Salt Lake...

POSTED // Dec 5,2007 - Utah is home to publishers catering to readers from the state’s dominant religion, regularly putting out titles such as Ready Resources for Relief Society or Scripture Chase Sudoku. While such works may not appeal to the un-Sainted or the merely...

POSTED // Nov 28,2007 - In a typical Saturday night in downtown Salt Lake City, Robert Sandstrom makes his way into a huge room at Bliss nightclub. Rap music playing at ear ear-splitting decibels serves as the backdrop while Sandstrom walks behind a man wearing a T-shirt that...

POSTED // Nov 14,2007 - The recent Interpol concert at In the Venue on Oct. 15 drew attention in this publication, but not for how the band performed. The concert review was followed by letters to the editor focused on how poorly the event was run. I attended the show that night...

POSTED // Oct 24,2007 - It sometimes can be difficult to understand why our government does things the way it does, or why we as a society are unable to address serious challenges in a productive manner. Many try to blame it on one bad influence: lobbyists, crooked politicians,...

POSTED // Sep 19,2007 - From the outside, the house in Salt Lake City’s west-side Glendale neighborhood looks like any other. It is a hot summer evening, and the front door is propped wide open. Inside, some 40 men sit cross-legged on small stools, facing east. The living...

POSTED // Aug 29,2007 - During a recent swing along the West Coast, I discovered the toughest part of meeting the locals: that moment when they would ask, “Where are you from?” If the questioner had never been to Utah, the answer “Salt Lake City” would...