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Dana Milbank: Democrats must beware of Berning out
Washington • Things could go well for the Democrats in next year’s midterm elections — if they don’t Bern out.President Trump is woefully unpopular, feuding with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
View ArticleNinth-inning homer lifts Salt Lake Bees over Sacramento River Cats
Shane Robinson belted a three-run homer on an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to give the Salt Lake Bees a 3-1 win over the host Sacramento River Cats in a Pacific Coast League...
View ArticlePrep football: Morgan Trojans preview
The path was set for Morgan last year. The Trojans, coming off a state runner-up finish in 2015, headed into the state semifinals to play a team they already had beaten in the regular season.And Morgan...
View ArticlePrep football: Ogden Tigers preview
Ogden was a power in football at one time. The Tigers won a pair of state championships and were runner-up three other times during one 15-year stretch.But last year marked the 50th anniversary of the...
View ArticlePrep football: Tooele Buffaloes preview
Kyle Brady incrementally took a Tooele team that won only one game in his first two seasons to a dependable contender for region titles during his six years as coach. But Brady unexpectedly exited the...
View ArticlePrep football: Stansbury Stallions preview
This just might be a permanent trend.When Clint Christiansen got the job as the first football coach at Stansbury, the first couple of seasons didn’t go well. His teams won a total of three games in...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: Save the canyons with buses
Just I recently returned from a visit in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It really is lovely up there, but talk about being overrun with humans. Living in Moab, we know whereof we speak in terms of places being...
View ArticleLetter: Becker's bike lanes are a boon
As a recent retiree with a delightfully flexible schedule, I’ve rediscovered the pleasures of bicycling rather than driving. The system of protected bike lanes throughout the city is a game-changer.How...
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No-no for a man to have a business lunch with a woman not his spouse? Such...
For decades, LDS Church authorities cautioned every Mormon man not to be alone with a woman who wasn’t his spouse. Don’t drive with her. Don’t dine with her. Don’t stay at the same hotel when traveling...
View ArticleA real trial of faith: Sitting through yet-another boring Sunday school...
At some point in my church life, I concluded that the phrase “Sunday school” was an oxymoron. I think I was about 12 and sullenly trapped in some church class on what was otherwise a lovely...
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Some Utahns say men and women should keep their distance at the office and...
Keep the door ajar and the shades up. Invite a third person to a work lunch or dinner. Hold meetings in a glass-walled conference room. Avoid one-on-one interactions altogether.These are all tactics...
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Leonard Pitts: With this president, subtlety would be the greater sin
A few words on trash-talking the president.Said words are occasioned by emails from a large number of readers who have noted an increased propensity toward that practice in this space. Many found that...
View ArticleLetter: Take care of the trees
In 1846 the only trees along the valleys of the Wasatch Front were growing by streams and springs. The pioneers built canals and planted and tended trees in what was desert grassland.Orchards were...
View ArticleLetter: Don’t repeal and replace —rename and stabilize
The current Congress and administration may be more successful at passing a new health care program with the following changes:Rename the current law and pass it as is. Re-instate TV and advertising...
View ArticleLetter: Birth control is the moral choice
It is rare that I am excited about policy championed by Republican lawmakers, but I am writing to express my strong support for Rep. Ray Ward’s proposal to expand access to birth control for poor Utah...
View ArticleTrump faulted for not explicitly rebuking white supremacists
Bedminster, N.J. • President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia, with...
View ArticleBook review: Karin Slaughter’s ‘Good Daughter’ has solid plot
Each Quinn sister, in her own way, tries to be the good daughter but neither of these complicated, often prickly, women has come to terms with the horrific crime that changed their lives in Karin...
View ArticlePrep football: Emery Spartans preview
A graduating class of 18 players is a big deal if a school only has 45 to 55 in the entire football program.And that’s the predicament facing the Emery Spartans as coach Jon Faimalo enters his second...
View ArticlePrep football: Grantsville Cowboys preview
After Kody Byrd got the job as the Grantsville coach after serving as an assistant at Spanish Fork, he made the decision not to rehash the recent past at his new school.And that extends to how the...
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Remembering the Virginia state troopers killed in a helicopter crash while...
Two Virginia State troopers killed doing surveillance work during Saturday’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville were well-known to Gov. Terry McAuliffe.H. Jay Cullen, 48, was a veteran pilot...
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