http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8444-1-editorial.html By John Rasmuson

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.”]]> By Jerre Wroble

In two weeks' time, I'll be leaving the building as editor of City Weekly.]]> By Austen Diamond

A woman had fallen through the caving-in floor—that’s what we were told after the encore. The floor over the orchestra pit at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn., couldn’t stand the weight of the sweaty, spinning mosh ]]> By Jim Catano

As I move into my 63rd year on this spherical space rock, I’m becoming ever more aware that humans—the bottom-dwelling, technologically enabled, pinnacle predators in this planet’s air ocean—aren’t as different from one another as certain artificial dividers like political parties, corporate brands, national borders or even religious affiliation would have us believe.]]> By John Rasmuson

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.”]]> By John Paul Brophy

My late uncle had a saying that always made me laugh. “I’m going out among ’em,” he would declare, usually as we were piling into the car heading to a sporting event.]]> By John Paul Brophy

A white business executive on a recent flight to Atlanta slapped a 19-month-old black boy and called him the N-word. He was charged with assault and subsequently fired from his job.]]> By John Rasmuson

Let’s begin with a couple of questions: 1. What non-native, invasive species is killing off animals in the Florida Everglades?]]> By John Rasmuson

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.]]> By John Paul Brophy

According to some estimates, lightning strikes Earth more than 3 billion times a year. In my brother Kevin’s life, it has struck at least twice. ]]> By Scott Renshaw

It’s been more than 17 years, yet I have to say the words out loud, painful as they may be: Salt Lake City, I’m starting to wonder if this is going to work out.]]> By John Rasmuson

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.]]> By John Rasmuson

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.]]> By John Rasmuson

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.]]> By John Rasmuson

The Federal Aviation Administration once spent $57,800 measuring the boobs, butts and bellies of a bevy of airline flight attendants.]]> By Ari LeVaux

The National Rifle Association claims to be the largest pro-hunting organization in the world. But as a hunter, I say the NRA couldn’t represent me less. ]]> By Jerre Wroble

In general, 2012 did not flip my lid. I mostly expected what I got. But then there were the occasional twists and turns.]]> By Jim Catano

City Weekly writers often document the trials of individuals on society’s fringes. Some are victims. Some are perpetrators. Some are just trying to survive while coloring outside the heavy lines of a dominant culture]]> By Alexander Billinis

In a recent presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney argued that, under Obama’s leadership, the United States was on the road to a debt crisis like Greece’s.]]> By John Rasmuson

Here is another one of those end-of-an-era stories that crops up from time to time: The Bill Rodgers Running Center in Boston went out of business a few weeks ago.]]>