A few years ago, I toured a plantation just outside New Orleans. The walk up to the plantation was spectacular. Massive oak trees overhung a magnificent walkway to an astonishing mansion.Our tour started, not at the magnificent building but in the small wooden slave-quarters tucked behind the ...
If federal government usurps powers never delegated to it by America’s ratified Constitution what can be done? Is there a civilized way for states to remedy usurpations?Don’t federal encroachments on liberty require state interposition? Is there federal oppressive taxation, over regulation, ...
In August 1921, Elon and Vearl Manwill, sister and brother, set out hiking in American Fork Canyon. After visiting the defaced Hansen Cave with their friends, the group split up looking for a cave rumored to exist in the area. Hiking to the east, Vearl stumbled upon the entrance of the ...
In 1948, a single well drilled southeast of Vernal in the Uinta Basin became Utah’s first significant commercial petroleum operation.Since then, the oil and gas industry in the Beehive State has grown to account for one of every nine barrels of oil produced in the Intermountain West and one ...
The Utah Valley University graduation ceremony is now complete, the gown has been returned and many new Class of ’21 Wolverines will be joining their fellow Brigham Young University graduates in starting their first “real” job in the profession of their dreams.As you enter the Provo or ...
With spring in full bloom and pandemic restrictions loosened, it’s been fun to see the local parks and fields teeming with kids playing sports. At the Utah Women & Leadership Project, we know that girls’ participation in sports is a widely recognized pathway to leadership, ...
