John Rasmuson

Truth Decay

• By John Rasmuson
What could fuel a livelier conversation—religion and politics notwithstanding?
• Tags: Opinion

Making Meals Out of Misfortune Part 1

After a summer of pandemic and protests, local chefs have to get creative to keep the lights on

• By Aimee L. Cook, Merry Lycett Harrison, Heather L. King, and John Rasmuson
Dining rooms and bars were closed to in-room service, which meant that eateries could only serve takeout or meals for delivery, while Utah bars essentially became "dry" under state directives.
• Tags: Cover Story

Tales for Road Warriors

Those who staked out Utah's wilderness, both in life and the printed word

• By John Rasmuson
We get it. This "hunkering down" idea has you second-guessing all your summer plans.
• Tags: Cover Story

On Patriotic Correctness

Armed Forces Day is a good time to take stock of your own patriotic correctness.

• By John Rasmuson
My driver license has VETERAN printed on it. It occasionally earns me a "Thanks for your service" from a well-intentioned clerk.
• Tags: Opinion

Ending as Beginning

• By John Rasmuson
"There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, 'Morning, boys, how's the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, 'What the hell is water?'"
• Tags: Opinion

Good Friend, Good

• By John Rasmuson
"Friend. Good."
• Tags: Opinion

Redeemed by Poets

The wretched state of public discourse cries out for poetic grace.

• By John Rasmuson
I was a high-school English teacher in 2001, the year Billy Collins was appointed U.S. poet laureate.
• Tags: Opinion

One in Four and More

• By John Rasmuson
I prefer the phrase "one in four" to "25 percent."
• Tags: Opinion

On Trump's Parade

• By John Rasmuson
Donald Trump might have been humming Richman's familiar tune last summer after watching a military parade in Paris commemorating Bastille Day and the French Revolution.
• Tags: Opinion

Dear Orrin

'Hypocrisy, thy name is Orrin'

• By John Rasmuson
I read that Brigham Young University and the University of Utah are vying to become the repository of Orrin Hatch's congressional papers.
• Tags: Opinion