Why do some people want to change our state flag? We have had our state flag since January 4th 1896 — 127 years, why change this great piece of history? Utah's official flag was adopted in 1913. The flag has a deep blue field with the state seal in the center, surrounded by yellow fringe. ...
On Dec. 26, 1972, hours after Harry Truman's death, Senator-elect Joseph Biden sent Truman's widow a condolence telegram. The 33rd American president, Biden wrote, had proved a historic leader, one who had "made his mark" for being "purposeful, smart and tough." Truman had been bitterly ...
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Two Augusts ago, I joined Frank Siller a few miles from his quest to reach this Somerset County borough as part of his 537-mile tribute walk to all those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The walk started in Washington, D.C., and would end at Ground Zero in New York just ...
Thanksgiving is a time for both festivities and reflection. The United States has had the best of times and the worst of times, prosperity and depressions, joys of peace and privations and cruelties of war. But throughout these vicissitudes, there has been one bright constant: the decency of ...
Editor's note: Georgia Garvey is off. "You should get a shingles vaccine," said my doctor at my annual checkup. "You can get it at the same time you get your flu shot at the pharmacy." "Does it hurt?" I asked as I slipped back into my boots. I knew it was kind of a dumb question, because of ...
There's plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season — at least if you take your eyes off a presidential race in which most voters want to reject both candidates with big leads for their parties' nomination and in which international news is dominated by Hamas' atrocities against Israel ...
