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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...
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Utah football: Safety Josh Nurse one of big camp surprises, despite not...
University of Utah sophomore transfer Josh Nurse made an 180-degree shift from wide receiver to free safety this week. A raw play-maker as a wide receiver, he’ll now change gears from trying to make...
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...
View ArticlePrep football: Union Cougars preview
Returning starters almost always are good for a high school team. If those regulars still are young, there’s major upside for the future.So it should be no surprise that Union High, despite only...
View ArticlePrep football: North Summit Braves preview
Gary Crittenden was a longtime football assistant in Morgan, but living in Coalville knowing that North Summit needed a coach was making it tougher and tougher for him not to do anything about it.“My...
View ArticleNFL: Chiefs showcase deep ball in apparent change of mindset
St. Joseph, Mo. • Patrick Mahomes II was poised to enter his first NFL game, the butterflies no doubt waltzing in his stomach, when Andy Reid sauntered over and asked him about the first play he would...
View ArticleNBA heads to the Holy Land to develop talent, promote values
Jerusalem • The NBA is heading to the Holy Land this week, bringing together some of the top emerging talent from across Europe as part of the league’s push to attract more foreign players and expand...
View ArticlePrep football: South Summit Wildcats preview
The letter H comes after C alphabetically, but South Summit coach Mike Grajek is switching the order on his list of priorities entering his second season.“We need to stay humble and hungry,” Grajek...
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Ou-yang Nana swings from Jackie Chan role to Disney album
Taipei, Taiwan • Ou-yang Nana may be the new “it girl,” with a starring role in the next Jackie Chan movie, but she’s returning to her roots and first love: cello.The 17-year-old actor just released...
View ArticleAfter Charlottesville protests, a Kentucky mayor wants to remove Confederate...
Lexington, Ky., Mayor Jim Gray doesn’t have to watch footage of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend to know how divisive Confederate monuments can be.At family reunions and...
View ArticlePrep football: American Leadership Eagles preview
New coach Nate Porter has been an assistant coach for American Leadership Academy in Spanish Fork off-and-on over the last seven years while he’s been a clinical therapist in Springville and Provo...
View ArticlePrep football: Gunnison Valley Bulldogs preview
The writing is on the wall for Jack Pay and his Gunnison Valley football team. And it’s not the bad kind.The Bulldogs are primed to put themselves in a position to make a little school history. The...
View ArticlePrep football: Mountain Crest Mustangs preview
Difficult circumstances plagued Mountain Crest last season.Despite new high school Ridgeline taking a large chunk out of the school’s student body, the Mustangs were forced to remain in Class 5A until...
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