City Weekly - Letters http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8443-1-letters.html <![CDATA[Don’t Mistake Silence for Inaction]]> By City Weekly Readers

Some are crediting the Mormon church’s current official public silence and inaction on same-sex marriage for the recent successful enactment of same-sex marriage in some U.S. states.]]>
<![CDATA[E-Waste Is Engulfing Us]]> By City Weekly Readers

When you were shopping for your last computer or phone, did you wonder how it would taste, or maybe if you would be breathing it in because it ended up in your air?]]>
<![CDATA[Join the Party]]> By City Weekly Readers

Kudos to Scott G. Morris for his enthusiasm to not stand with any political party and his challenge to us all to act ...]]>
<![CDATA[Getting Outgunned in Congress]]> By City Weekly Readers

In April, 45 senators cowardly ignored the will of the American people in favor of special interests.]]>
<![CDATA[Political Atheists, Arise!]]> By City Weekly Readers

I frequently hear that Utah is one of the most conservative states in the union. I believe it.]]>
<![CDATA[Plastic-Bag Criminals]]> By City Weekly Readers

Just when you thought environmentalism couldn’t get any wackier, consider what’s going on in Rwanda.]]>
<![CDATA[Oh, Nevermind]]> By City Weekly Readers

After reading Althea Jones’ letter “You’ve Been Sprayed” [May 9, City Weekly], I was reminded of the Saturday Night Live routine from back in the 1970s, when poor, hard-of-hearing Emily Litella ...]]>
<![CDATA[Children Should Not Be Weaponized]]> By City Weekly Readers

Women are enabled by our court system to do whatever they have to do during divorce proceedings. False charges are commonplace and investigated repeatedly without a shred of evidence.]]>
<![CDATA[You've Been Sprayed]]> By City Weekly Readers

Nobody in Utah—or anywhere in the world, for that matter—has an inkling as to the shape the planet is truly in.]]>
<![CDATA[Quotas Can Be Hell]]> By City Weekly Readers

Many religions and the countless denominations within those religions seem like real-estate companies competing to sell afterlife real estate.]]>
<![CDATA[Dads Get Short End of the Stick]]> By City Weekly Readers

Divorced dads usually get the burnt end of the stick in the shish kebab of divorce court. But there are other losers in custody issues—the kids ...]]>
<![CDATA[Meet With Constituents or Go Home]]> By City Weekly Readers

Recently, our national Congress was on recess, even though there were a plethora of national issues that needed to be addressed. ]]>
<![CDATA[Dads Aren’t Visitors]]> By City Weekly Readers

Isn’t it telling that in an article about father’s rights [“Disposable Dad,” April 25, City Weekly], we still refer to it as “visitation.”]]>
<![CDATA[Duck Out in a Natural Space]]> By City Weekly Readers

Recently, I had a profound experience with a mallard. I was walking to school when it stopped doing its duck thing and looked me straight in the face.]]>
<![CDATA[Splashing With Sorensen ]]> By City Weekly Readers

I am prompted to write to D.P. Sorensen after reading the April 18 letter in City Weekly titled “Stale Satire” by Drew Nelson.]]>
<![CDATA[Perfectly Pointless]]> By City Weekly Readers

What was the point of the Johnny Bangerter piece [“Johnny’s Rotten,” April 11, City Weekly]? I would call it a cover story, but use of the word “story” implies purpose and reason.]]>
<![CDATA[We're Never Safe From Tyranny]]> By City Weekly Readers

There are many common American “myths” that are as true as the Easter Bunny. The NRA’s myth that the Second Amendment keeps us safe from tyranny is one of the most egregious and damaging.]]>
<![CDATA[Everything But the Best]]> By City Weekly Readers

The first thing I do when I get one of your Best Of editions, as I have done for years, is to remove the supplement and throw it in the trash ...]]>
<![CDATA[Good Climate for Monuments]]> By City Weekly Readers

President Barack Obama and Ken Salazar have made good use of the Antiquities Act in the creation of five more national monuments.]]>
<![CDATA[Addicted to Scott Renshaw]]> By City Weekly Readers

I was addicted to City Weekly for years, but stopped reading around six months ago.]]>