Letter: School day should start later
What a heartbreak that the leading cause of death for Utah teens is suicide, higher than the national average. Though the exact reason why isn’t understood, there is one measure that is proven to make...
View ArticleLetter: With love like that, who needs hate?
On Sept. 12, a group of predominantly Christian Utah clergy put out a statement proclaiming that they “see absolutely no inconsistencies with either tradition or scripture in accepting LGBTQ people as...
View ArticleLetter: Police case against nurse-arresting detective could go either way
To fire or not to fire, that’s the tough decision facing Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and police Chief Mike Brown concerning Detective Jeff Payne. I think it could go either way.It has been...
View ArticleLetter: Self-restraint is essential for police officers
I am 85 years old and have witnessed the evolution of the police from guardians of the peace and safety to a trigger-happy army of occupation. Simple disagreement or reasoned opposition can get you...
View ArticleLetter: Stand up for our Dreamers
What if our six congressional representatives joined forces to create and pass bipartisan legislation to permanently establish the legal status of the DACA (Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals)...
View ArticleLetter: The Democratic Party isn’t an extreme platform, it’s a viable option
In the state of Utah, the Democratic Party is seen as some extreme platform suggested in the notion that Utah needs a more centrist option. That is certainly true if we look at the Republican Party’s...
View ArticleLetter: Trump is scapegoating immigrants
Once again, Trump’s agenda of hate and divisiveness will harm a minority group. This time it’s children of immigrants who were brought to our country — for many, the only home they’ve known. Ending the...
View ArticleNo. 7 Washington overcomes slow start to beat Colorado 37-10
Boulder, Colo. • Jordan Miller’s two interceptions and Myles Bryant’s pick-6 helped the seventh-ranked Washington Huskies overcame a slow start and hand Colorado its first loss, 37-10 on a cold, rainy...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts: The one and only Jackson Bezzant
Dear Jackson Bezzant:Hi, my name is Leonard. I read your dad’s Facebook post about you and wanted to share some thoughts.When I was your age, I was a shy, skinny kid with thick glasses, couldn’t play...
View ArticleOrem man threatens to kill his lawn if city doesn’t cut its water rates
Orem • A longtime garden enthusiast says exorbitant water bills may force him to turn against his own beloved grassy yard — if the Orem City Council doesn’t reconsider its water rates.Walt Nicholes, a...
View ArticleHerbert’s wish for more state control of health care may die in the Senate
Washington • Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to overhaul Obamacare — after multiple failures this year to fulfill campaign promises to gut the health care law — might be headed for a quick...
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Fifty years ago, a Catholic anarchist tried to help solve homelessness in...
The neighbors couldn’t leave their houses without getting hit up by panhandlers and homeless men, who had been using both the front and back yards at 1131 S. West Temple as a bathroom.Ammon Hennacy was...
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Patrick Page returns to Cedar City — with all the Bard’s bad boys in tow
Patrick Page returns to Cedar City this week, sharing Shakespeare’s thoughts on evil with audiences who weren’t yet born when the actor’s portrayals of Richard III, Iago and Macbeth made him one of the...
View ArticleLetter: Mother Earth is sick — but we are the ones who will suffer
Let’s imagine for a minute that, during the course of a routine X-ray, your family doctor discovers a mass on your mother’s lung. From other tests, the doctor feels strongly the tumor is cancerous; in...
View ArticleLetter: Clinton’s socialist agenda is what lost her the election
In response to letter writer Suzanne Jensen (Sept.15) issue from a purported dumbed-down American, I state the following: Most of us voted for Trump because the alternate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was...
View ArticleThe role coffee may have played in bringing about the Book of Mormon
There’s a lot going on in the Mormon world right now. Two recent major events may actually have an important connection.First, the LDS Church purchased the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon...
View ArticleLetter: The Tribune should enforce its own rules on letter length
My wife and I have always enjoyed reading the Public Forum in the Opinion section of The Tribune. On rare occasions a letter of our own or from people we know gets published. According to the letter...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: This tax credit can give working people a big leg up
As Congress considers tax reform, it should look at the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Two years ago, I started my first job as a severe special educator. I spent January through August working...
View ArticleLetter: Don’t like the bridge column? Don’t read it.
Just because I don’t read the Sports section or the Money page, or all of the comics and obits, doesn’t mean they aren’t the “go to” pages for other readers.How selfish of Edward Anderson to suggest...
View ArticleShould states ban abortions when Down syndrome diagnosed?
Plain City, Ohio • Kelly Kuhns rejected Down syndrome testing the first three times she got pregnant; the 36-year-old nurse from Ohio always knew she’d never terminate a pregnancy. But after her third...
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