On valuing the simplicity of free-spirited fun.
by Aspen Perry
Armed Forces Day is a good time to take stock of your own patriotic correctness.
by John Rasmuson
When DACA hits home
by Leonel Nieto
"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?'"
By John Rasmuson
May 2, 2018
Despite Mormonism's claims that its prophets talk with God, its recent history portrays a rather bleak record for getting on the right side of political issues.
By Michael S. Robinson Sr
April 25, 2018
"Friend. Good."
By John Rasmuson
April 18, 2018
The conversation is far from over. Opponents and politicians would be wise to start showing up to the conversation prepared to listen.
By Aspen Perry
April 11, 2018
The wretched state of public discourse cries out for poetic grace.
I was a high-school English teacher in 2001, the year Billy Collins was appointed U.S. poet laureate.
By John Rasmuson
March 28, 2018
I prefer the phrase "one in four" to "25 percent."
By John Rasmuson
March 14, 2018
In my early 20s, there were five movies in rotation as my go-to bedtime stories.
By Aspen Perry
March 7, 2018
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.
By John Rasmuson
February 28, 2018
'Hypocrisy, thy name is Orrin'
I read that Brigham Young University and the University of Utah are vying to become the repository of Orrin Hatch's congressional papers.
By John Rasmuson
February 21, 2018
Reflecting on Meh-lentines Day
By the time I hit my teens, my emotions surrounding Valentine's Day could be summed up one word.
By Aspen Perry
February 14, 2018
There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph.
By John Rasmuson
January 24, 2018
I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
By John Rasmuson
January 10, 2018
I now get email from the president.
By John Rasmuson
December 27, 2017
Trying to remain cheery and bright in the afermath of loss.
Throughout Utah, hundreds of individuals will not return home for the holidays.
By Aspen Perry
December 20, 2017
Looking for a holiday change of pace? Celebrate like the Danes do.
Celebrating Christmas is an evolving practice.
By John Rasmuson
December 13, 2017
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