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Michael S. Robinson Sr.
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- News, Opinion June 7, 2023
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Davis County bans the Bible and Utah AG Sean Reys is ready to indict God
Taking a Gander
For many Americans, we’re seeing the return of the Middle Ages. Now that vigilantes have appropriately banned the Bible and hundreds of other titles from younger student populations around our state, isn’t it time to start our own Salem witch trials? You can almost bet your boots: That will be next.
- News, Opinion May 31, 2023
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Parents may hold the birth certificates, but U.S. kids belong to gun manufacturers
Taking a Gander
America has abdicated its responsibility in seeing that highly effective killing devices are no longer available for general sale to all kinds of people. I hate to be a harbinger of tragedy, but we elected these people and it’s high time that we made them respond to our cries.
- News, Opinion May 24, 2023
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Heber City should stick to its guns on light pollution and deny harmful upward-lighting of new LDS temple
Taking a Gander
As a child I dreamed of flying and, on a lark, I took my first lesson in 1978.
- News, Opinion May 17, 2023
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Thank Utah’s seagulls, again, for saving the state from catastrophe
Taking a Gander
Sadly, there’s truth in the adage, “Be careful what you pray for.” Record precipitation is presenting the possibility of a replay of SLC’s 1983 snowmelt, when rivers flowed on the city’s primary thoroughfares after record temperatures changed the snow to wild torrents. Should that happen, we should try to have the seagulls ready and waiting, using their buckets, once again, to save the day.
- News, Opinion May 10, 2023
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Enough post-mortem prayers. Daily mass shootings should be a wake-up call for America
Taking a Gander
Frankly, it’s ridiculous to think that there’s any American who doesn’t understand why mass shootings plague our country, day after day after day.
- News, Opinion May 3, 2023
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Nature’s tragedies don’t compare with our man-made nightmares
Taking a Gander
Instead of leading, America has become a rogue nation, choosing to participate in torture and incarceration without charges, failing to support the existence of a world court for bringing real perpetrators to justice, demonstrating how its laws can be flaunted by the wealthy and unfairly used against the minorities and the poor and, in general, setting a very bad example for the world. Sadly, our country has become its own worst enemy. Now we’re being forced to the poignant, sudden understanding that, though sworn to sustain and uphold the principles of jurisprudence as our nation’s highest court, SCOTUS is an outlier from law and order. As citizens, we’re expected to “toe the line,” all while our Supreme Court justices have become a “law unto themselves.”
- News, Opinion April 26, 2023
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Sen. Mike Lee brings shame—and an unpleasant smell—to Utah
Taking a Gander
With all the credentials of a fine constitutional lawyer and the appearance of a decent family man, Lee has everything going for him—everything, that is, but the morality that a Utah senator should possess. It’s extremely disturbing that someone with his intelligence and education still chooses to align himself with the worst creatures of the D.C. swamp. That’s what tells us who he is—his only loyalty is to whomever and whatever he perceives as expeditious for his political career. Let’s face the facts: Lee’s been the ultimate GOP sycophant, trying to figure out which public figures are most likely to be going places and making sure that, no matter how outrageous, he’s there to beat his drum. Where there’s dirt in politics, he always seems to sniff it out and be a part of it.
- News, Opinion April 19, 2023
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Can America survive this era of lies?
Taking a Gander
Lies—sadly, they’re becoming an essential part of what America is today. We’ve gone from the “I cannot tell a lie” mindset, to seeing who can tell the most outrageous ones and get away with it. Now we’re even discovering that the more lies, the greater the campaign donations, and that honor is not so much about the lie, but the triumph of telling big lies and getting away with them. We’ve even subscribed to the idea that lies are an integral key to good negotiations, and that people in business and government cannot survive without them.
- News, Opinion April 12, 2023
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Utah’s mama Cox and his rebellious kids, an unrepentant Legislature
Taking a Gander
In a marked show of maturity and wisdom, Gov. Spencer Cox punctuated the finale of the 2022 Utah legislative session with words of advice and caution for the years ahead. Largely in response to the passage of a bill banning female transgender athletes from participating in school events, “Mama” Cox mothered his headstrong child-legislators with this cautionary advice: “Some of the worst decisions get made at the last minute.” He also called on the legislature to make sure that its decisions reflect the public voice, cautioning that a failure to welcome and solicit the views of the public would endanger the trust of the people.
- News, Opinion April 5, 2023
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After Trump’s indictment, it’s time to rejoice, not cower in fear
Taking a Gander
The man who turned the American presidency into a joke has finally been arrested and booked. As Americans, we should be rejoicing that the ex-criminal-in-chief is finally facing the music. Not everyone is. True to his ugly nature, Donald Trump’s response to the New York indictment has been exactly as expected—he’s launched attacks on the justice system, disparaged and insulted the judge and he’s cursed and maligned the prosecutors who had the courage to come after him. Now, his dangerous, inciteful rhetoric is putting more lives in danger and the militant wackos of the Trump base are already making threats much akin to Jan. 6th calls for lynching Mike Pence.
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Davis County bans the Bible and Utah AG Sean Reys is ready to indict God
Taking a Gander
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Heber City should stick to its guns on light pollution and deny harmful upward-lighting of new LDS temple
Taking a Gander
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