<em>Editor’s note: This was written on Jan. 11.</em>Let’s ask some speculative, but predictive questions about what lies ahead once a one-party Democrat-system takes charge of our government. What might we expect from the new Democrat President and Congress ...
“We must end this uncivil war,” Joe Biden proclaimed shortly after he became the 46th president on Wednesday. Hours earlier, in his last moments as the 45th president, Donald Trump extended “best wishes” to the “new administration.”Graceful words, but accompanied by sharp and, in ...
Death often causes financial hardship. In 2020, my neighbor suffered the deaths of two family members, neither of whom incurred hospital costs. But she was dismayed by the total funeral and burial costs for those two deaths: $36,000.Due to COVID-19, many families must deal not only with the ...
After every election, there are large numbers of people disappointed with the candidate that won. This is the inherent nature of our democracy. This last presidential election was unique due to claims of massive voter fraud. More than 50 cases went to various courts yet no massive voter fraud ...
Shortly after Thanksgiving of 1951, my mother, Myrna Nielson Thacker, contracted the polio virus. She had spent the long weekend with extended family and doing Christmas shopping in Salt Lake. Upon returning to Spanish Fork, she experienced flu-like symptoms, a high fever, numbness and ...
MacKenzie Scott has achieved what no other philanthropist has. With no massive Gates Foundation-like staff to assist her, she sought out some of the neediest charitable groups in the nation and donated nearly $6 billion to them.Six billion dollars. Think of that. Think of how much good can be ...
