Lesson From the Buddha ttChris Hutcherson [“Dying to Live,” June 14, City Weekly] should be given credit for the tremendous courage that it takes to face such a catastrophic change of life. When the prognosis is terminal, hospice is the only...
We were surprised to discover the following notice posted on the Salt Lake City government’s Website: "We cannot answer inquiries about missing persons, genealogy, or non-City employment opportunities.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) ttWelcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Aries. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by now you’re seeing...
I don’t like making mistakes. For one, I don’t like looking more stupid and insipid than I already am. Second, it’s rough on my fragile ego. Third, and finally, it does me no good, anyway, since, no matter how many mistakes I make, CW...
Slovenian cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek contends it is not philosophy’s purpose to ask the big questions: What is freedom? What is liberty? Philosophy’s purpose is to turn such questions on their heads and rephrase them. What do you mean...
Billionaires’ Wilderness - MISSnttKeep Out (unless you’re wealthy) signs are being posted around Utah’s wild places by the rich hoping to fence off a bit of paradise. The planned $3.5 billion Mount Holly Club near Beaver, featuring a...
Your final local women’s roller-derby report for June: The Salt City Derby Girls’ all-star team, the Salt City Shakers, mashed Boise’s Treasure Valley Rollergirls last Saturday, June 28, at the Utah Olympic Oval; final score 88-41. Over...
You MICR, You Brought HernttWhy did banks settle on that very ’70s futuristic'and downright awful looking'font as the standard typeface for the routing and account numbers on checks? Is there something inherently superior about it? If so, why isn’t...
Curses, Foiled Again ttWhen sheriff’s deputies stopped a man for speeding in Goliad, British Columbia, Canada, they pointed out that the name on his driver license didn’t match the name tattooed on his back. He produced another license with...
Having just returned from the first ever Sun Valley Food & Wine Festival in Idaho, I find myself looking forward very much to the Third Annual Park City Food & Wine Classic. Being their first go-’round, the Sun Valley affair was a little rough around...