It's Rasmuson's opinion time!
by John Rasmuson
I asked a GOP friend who follows Trump on Twitter how he thinks he's doing. "Are you kidding me?" he responded.
by Stan Rosenzweig
Is it great to suck at something?
by John Rasmuson
Members of the LDS community represent a disproportionately large percentage of the world’s repairers.
I recently met with several fellow members of the LDS/Jewish Dialog Luncheon group.
By Stan Rosenzweig
June 28, 2017
Saturday. 9:30 a.m. Sears' parking lot.
By John Rasmuson
June 21, 2017
For me, it all started quite innocently as a volunteer job at the American Red Cross...
My immediate family members avoid interacting on social media the way some farmers avoid city people.
By Stan Rosenzweig
June 14, 2017
Like 11-year-old Barron Trump, I wore ties at a young age—not because I wanted to, but because of the unwritten LDS dress code.
In my tie-wearing days, I marched to the drumbeat of fashion. I wore skinny ties when they were in vogue, wide ones when they weren't. Same with patterns.
By John Rasmuson
June 7, 2017
Wardrobe choices are less vamp and more a game to beat the elements.
Although I'm not opposed to dress codes—in fact, I think hats and gloves are long overdue to make a comeback—it just seems that they should be based on principles of etiquette instead of gender bias, which creates a disservice to everyone involved.
By Aspen Perry
May 24, 2017
Talking sex ed with Utah State Sen. Todd Weiler.
After reading my shout-out in a previous Opinion piece, Utah State Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, tweeted me, saying I don't understand Utah's current sex ed curriculum.
By Stan Rosenzweig
May 17, 2017
Note to The Gateway: give me a call.
The Mall of America is recruiting a writer-in-residence.
By John Rasmuson
May 10, 2017
What is the protocol for unwanted dick pic shares?
I found myself curious how often men size up a situation with the intent of deducing risk vs. safety. For females this act is mandatory—especially when out alone—a concept I frankly find annoying to admit.
By Aspen Perry
May 3, 2017
Utah has earned special status in the nationwide pickleball community.
In the summer of 2011, I dropped by the Sports Mall in Murray to see if I could play pickleball there.
By John Rasmuson
April 26, 2017
I continue to suffer a love/hate relationship with food that’s not always good for me.
There are three points of view regarding food. I have a couple of friends who consider food a critical lifestyle, consistent with what kind of house to live in or what car to drive or where to ski.
By Stan Rosenzweig
April 19, 2017
If kids don't learn about the birds and the bees in school, they are bound to learn it elsewhere.
Learning about sex is inevitable. It comes from three places: blind experimentation, clueless classmates and unscientific but successful magazines.
By Stan Rosenzweig
April 12, 2017
To give or not to give?
To give or not to give? That is the question I confronted in my 20s while living in Africa. I eventually decided I would not give money to panhandlers.
By John Rasmuson
April 5, 2017
It's a shitty time to have any kind of identification with the prefix "alt."
Alt-right. Alt-facts. Alt-media (hey, that's us!). You've heard the prefix, but this guest writer explores its meaning in today's political climate.
By Baynard Woods
March 22, 2017
We each hold our culture personal. This green and orange thing is a good part of that.
For religious observance, most of us tend to stick to our own cultures, except we have almost universally embraced two religion-based holidays that have Celtic or Irish origins.
By Stan Rosenzweig
March 15, 2017
"A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind." —John Steinbeck
Of the 200,000 or so words in the English language, I have just a few favorites.
By John Rasmuson
March 8, 2017
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