POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - While Utahns are being subjected to a barrage of candidate commercials—especially in the 4th District—there is a bit of comic relief from the attorney general’s race ...

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Information is power, and that’s why there’s so much garbage being thrown at you by competing interests. It’s no different in Utah’s federal-lands battle ...

POSTED // Oct 17,2012 - There are politics in everything, but you don’t really expect your boss to make political threats.

POSTED // Oct 10,2012 - Looks like Gov. Gary Herbert has bought into the notion that volunteers can take care of the messy Medicaid problem.

POSTED // Oct 3,2012 - Thank you, Jon Huntsman Jr., for showing a little compassion in a generally hateful political environment. Huntsman and his wife, MaryKaye, spoke at an Equality Utah fundraiser recently in favor of civil unions for gays and lesbians.

POSTED // Sep 26,2012 - For most of the country’s comedians—political junkies included—47 percent is close enough to “half” to get a good guffaw or an astounded groan.

POSTED // Sep 19,2012 - Seems like everyone’s righteously indignant after Utah’s “audit-o-rama” this past week. The Legislative Auditor released reports critical of the Radiation Control Division and of the Department of Alcohol & Beverage Control.

POSTED // Sep 12,2012 - As November nears, you can only wonder why no one in the state is really interested in voting. But maybe it’s not such a mystery.

POSTED // Sep 5,2012 - Oh, please tell us how this works. The Utah Transit Authority is so financially wrecked that it has to cut back bus routes and wants to raise fares or eliminate free-fare zones. But wait.

POSTED // Aug 29,2012 - As Utahns get ready to kiss the magic ring of Mitt Romney, only a tropical storm can save the Republican Convention from a zero interest rating.