POSTED // Jan 9,2013 - What is it about police busting into people’s homes—and the wrong ones at that? Must be part of the post-Sept. 11 defense momentum, along with a creeping culture of fear and violence.

POSTED // Jan 2,2013 - It’s beginning to look like 2012 was one wild water year, what with drought, super storms and, of course, the Utah-Nevada battle over precious groundwater and a pipeline aimed at Las Vegas.

POSTED // Dec 24,2012 - For every burglary averted by a gun, there are multiple comments from the gun-rights advocates.

POSTED // Dec 19,2012 - Just as we hear that there won’t be enough Colorado River water to meet demand by 2060, there is some good news on the water front.

POSTED // Dec 12,2012 - Acting like Scrooge, we’re giving the LDS website MormonsAndGays.org a thumbs-down. Sorry about that.

POSTED // Dec 5,2012 - Maybe Utah Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, didn’t read the news—or maybe she didn’t care what it said. That’s because Utah is never at a loss for solving problems that don’t exist.

POSTED // Nov 28,2012 - Here’s the question: When do we want to know all the answers, and when do we want to work on faith alone?

POSTED // Nov 21,2012 - Bitch, bitch, grumble, grumble. It was with some disdain that Utah legislative leaders finally released 16,000 pages of documents related to the state’s redistricting.

POSTED // Nov 14,2012 - The Sutherland Institute is now two-for-two with Paul Mero’s latest post on “the Gay Mind.” This follows a much-disputed editorial on what Mero calls “the Secular Mind" ...

POSTED // Nov 7,2012 - For those who thought the Utah pioneers were teetotaling prudes, well, you must be thinking of the present day. Kudos to KUED for a fascinating look at the history of liquor in Utah, Beehive Spirits, airing Nov. 9 and Dec. 21.