POSTED // Jun 12,2013 - Of the three Johns whose words fill this space week by week, only one has “songwriter” on his résumé: John Saltas.

POSTED // May 29,2013 - Most of my childhood memories are awash in summer sunshine. Only a few have snow underfoot.

POSTED // May 16,2013 - When Chicago Cubs second baseman “Ryno” Sandburg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, he told the audience, “I didn’t play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel. I played the game right because that’s what you’re supposed to do: Play it right and with respect.”

POSTED // Apr 17,2013 - In 1971, Chris Fonnesbeck joined a handful of picketers in front of LDS Church headquarters. A self-described “bearded, hippie-looking guy,” he carried a sign that read “Save the Coalville Tabernacle.”

POSTED // Mar 6,2013 - Let’s begin with a couple of questions: 1. What non-native, invasive species is killing off animals in the Florida Everglades?

POSTED // Feb 27,2013 - I am wary of people who hold their iPhone as if it were a rosary, and I steer clear of those whose phone is always at the ready.

POSTED // Feb 6,2013 - You have to be nearly as old as Mick Jagger to appreciate Crossfire Hurricane, the recent two-hour documentary of the Rolling Stones’ 50-year run as the world’s pre-eminent rock band.

POSTED // Jan 30,2013 - Dunkin’ Donuts is headed this way. The first store will open in Salt Lake City this year followed by 15 more in the region by 2018.

POSTED // Jan 23,2013 - Unlike Juliet, most of us take names for granted. The recent kerfuffle over Morning Glory Road in Lehi serves as a reminder that we do so at our peril.

POSTED // Jan 9,2013 - The Federal Aviation Administration once spent $57,800 measuring the boobs, butts and bellies of a bevy of airline flight attendants.