POSTED // Aug 15,2007 - Throughout its history, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has pursued the seemingly opposing goals of staking out territory as “a peculiar people” with a unique theology while seeking mainstream acceptance. The most dramatic...

POSTED // Jul 11,2007 - You might be a schoolteacher by day or a lawyer or a stay-at-home mom. But there’s something about putting all that behind you in favor of a whole new persona ...

POSTED // Jul 6,2007 - While the written word and visual artistry are both perfectly capable of standing on their own, two recently released local books remind us how well the two forms of communication can complement each other.nnMy Kitchen Table: Sketches From My Life demonstrates...

POSTED // Jun 29,2007 - As the names of draft picks get read off at the NBA Draft in Madison Square Garden, some of the world’s top basketball players who haven’t heard their names called yet will start worrying about when they will be taken. But, as the picks begin...

POSTED // Jun 18,2007 - About 15 years ago, a lawyer who often did pro bono work for environmental groups said on the subject of setting aside wilderness lands'and the resulting impact on small-town economies in southern Utah'“If those guys can’t make a living down...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - A Little League baseball game played in Bountiful recently made national headlines. It reminded all of us adults who at one time played youth sports that'after decades of what might have been improvement'organized athletics for kids can still be a cruel...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Salt Lake City is in an interesting situation when it comes to new opportunities for sports fans. On one hand, we have politicians trying to sell us a game that has never really been able to catch on in America, despite repeated tries. Meanwhile, the...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Good news for Jazz fans: When the Nu Skin Jazz Dancers take the floor at the Delta Center for the home opener on Nov. 1, they will conceivably be able to perform their various gyrations within 3 feet of Jazz fans, and nobody can call it a lap dance. The...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - There’s an old debate about whether demography is destiny. While neither side has been able to absolutely prove its case, there can be no doubt that demography helps explain why Utah is a pretty odd place.nnThe idiosyncrasies of the numbers that...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - BYU football is back. After four straight nonwinning seasons, 2006 saw the Cougars win their conference, earn a national ranking and get invited to a bowl game. With everything just like it was in the old days, can the hatred BYU football has traditionally...