"We tell Utah men to speak up. We don’t give them anywhere to go." Utah has made real progress in acknowledging that men struggle with mental health. Public conversations are more open than they were a decade ago. Employers, churches, and community leaders now regularly encourage men to ...
Most Americans must be familiar with the notion of populism. However, most may not be certain of what the term really means and implies. Sergei Guriev and Ellias Papaioanno (G and P), Journal of Economic Literature 2022, 60 (3), are of the view in their article, “The Political Economy of ...
Housing affordability is an issue for nearly all Utahns, and it’s time we do something that will actually help. In our recent Libertas Institute/Overton Insights poll of 1,000 registered voters in Utah, voter sentiment is broadly aligned on the issue of housing, with 93% saying housing ...
As a BYU alumna with two degrees from the university and a former administrator overseeing government recruitment and career fairs, I feel compelled to share my perspective on the recent invitation extended to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to participate in the BYU Career Fair. While CBP ...
Every time a new recreational amenity, park improvement or transit project is announced, I hear a version of the same concern: “Why are we spending tax money on that when we should be funding other core government services?” That question is fair. Taxpayers should absolutely hold ...
Three weeks into the legislative session, a lot of work has been done and a lot is yet to be finalized. Advocates for victims of domestic abuse are tracking bills as they move through committees and are advocating for appropriate budgets that will allow victims to receive the help and services ...
When you start talking about things that people feel strongly about, you get many different responses. I appreciated that after I published some thoughts last week about the importance of seeing the humanity of everyone involved in our current immigration enforcement processes. I talked about ...
“It didn’t have to be this way.” That was my dominant takeaway leaving the Ogden Municipal Building where hundreds had gathered to protest US ICE’s methods of dealing with asylum seekers. Think of yourself waiting in a line 3.5 million people long, taking four or more years before ...
It seemed like the month of January 2026 would never end. It was definitely a wild one from our military kidnapping a Head of State in a foreign country, ICE shooting dead two protesters in Minneapolis, and the President’s threats to take over Greenland and then backing down while still ...
WHEELING, West Virginia -- West Virginia is the only state in the United States that is located entirely within the 13-state, 423-county Appalachian region. Much of the beauty, sorrow and challenges we think of when it comes to the region originated here, where isolation, a strong work ethic ...
