POSTED // Feb 6,2013 - It could be that Gov. Gary Herbert is getting the message—or maybe he’s trying to silence it. Herbert has been the poster child for voluntary measures that don’t measure up.

POSTED // Feb 5,2013 - Wendy Seegmiller never imagined her once-upon-a-time life would come to such an abrupt halt. She never thought the lawyers she counted on would so upend her life. Hers is a twisted saga that s

POSTED // Jan 30,2013 - You know it almost never happens, but you’re about to see a shrinking of bureaucracy. Maybe. Salt Lake City is considering a streamline of its records-access ordinance.

POSTED // Jan 23,2013 - Well, it’s official. Most of Utah’s elected sheriffs have lost their collective mind.

POSTED // Jan 16,2013 - Well, you know, Utahns like a drink now and then, and, for the most part, we abide by Utah’s draconian laws—the Zion curtain, the use of euphemisms like “spirits,” stuff like that.

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.