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Are these women serious?

The LDS Church, so far as anybody can determine, has never had a woman offer a prayer during General Conference. And now some disgruntled Mormon women are complaining about it. They think they should be allowed to talk to God in public, too.I don't get this. I always thought assignments like ...

High School Rivarly

Lone Peak and American Fork is a well-known rivalry in the area.  In fact, it has become so popular that the basketball game between the two is held at UVU's UCCU Center.  However, after photographing the latest installment of the feud - Lone peak clobbered American Fork, 67-42 - it became ...

Value Speak: Differences that don’t matter

<p class="p1">Albert had a different color of skin than mine. At least, that’s what our grade school class photos say. To tell the truth, I never thought much about it when we were kids. What I thought about was playing one-on-one tackle football with him. Albert was always Bart ...

Real Estate Matters: What to do in a seller’s market

<p class="p1">We survived the Mayan calendar and the Fiscal Cliff (so far) so what can we expect for 2013?</p><p class="p2">The buyer's market is gone in the lower price points and we are now in a seller's market. Problem is, we don't have enough ...

Avoiding the cold

I really hope the next life isn’t cold. I’ve had enough of cold right here in Utah Valley, and I really don’t want to experience more cold after I die.When I expressed this sentiment to my wife, she looked at me coldly and said, “I don’t think you’re going to have that problem.” ...

Hard to swallow

Newly elected Utah Attorney General John Swallow denies he did anything illegal on behalf of a rich friend, St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson, and I, for one, believe him. All he tried to do was arrange for some legal lobbying to help get the Federal Trade Commission off Johnson’s back ...

A vital need

A few weeks ago I lost the use of my toilet and learned first hand just how much I missed it when it wasn’t there.My plumbing went out of order when the pipe between my house and the city’s sewer line in the street collapsed. Pipes like that belong to the homeowner, so it was my ...

Value Speak: Taking a shot at shrinking the wolf

<p class="p1">I have a confession to make: In 57 years of life on this sick and diseased planet, I have never had a flu shot.</p><p class="p1">Not once.</p><p class="p1">There are a number of perfectly reasonable explanations ...

Et tu, NYT

Even the vaunted New York Times can’t keep the terminology straight when it comes to taxation and national finance.An article on Sunday by Brian Knowlton tried to explain the faceoff between Republicans and Democrats. Speaking of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Knowlton wrote: ...

The GOP snub factor

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/8359881035/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8359881035_6bdd3d9bec_m.jpg" alt="Acheson" width="200" /></a>Utah Republican ...