Not only is it OK to talk about suicide, but asking someone who is struggling if he or she is considering suicide could actually be an important first step. Sometimes, asking the question opens the door to getting help. “Listen to their story, and let them know you care. Ask directly about ...
Utah home prices remain near record levels, but there is good news for buyers: inventory has improved, homes are taking longer to sell, and buyers have more choices, including significantly more opportunities below the $500,000 mark than we became accustomed to during the ultra-competitive ...
I got a cell phone when I was 13 years old. It seemed normal, but I never should have been making decisions that could affect my whole life. I was just a child. I think that is what surprises me the most when I look back. Not that I became addicted. Not that it negatively impacted my mental ...
School is getting underway and this can be both exciting and anxiety-inducing, for both students and parents. As children and teens start another school year, here are some ways for parents to encourage mental health wellness and practices that could help. Suicide Prevention Ask to make ...
‘Twas the night before carpet, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring except one very confused cat. While Pa with his backache, And I with my head, had just settled down On a strange makeshift bed. We’d decided to carpet all of our floors, Inside the ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth views warfare through the lens of a cartoonish Macho Man, claiming that military members “are not defenders anymore”; they are “warriors, trained to kill the enemy and break their will.” Directing the war in Iran, he ordered, ”No quarter, no mercy for ...
Those of you of a certain vintage — who, like me, are close to being fitted for coffins — must be applauding the re-appearance on TV (the INSP channel) of Have Gun - Will Travel (for some reason with a hyphen, not a dash or a comma; let’s call it HGWT). That extraordinarily popular show ...
The Trump Administration 2.0 will be famous for a lot of things. And one of them is the number of “national emergencies” the President has declared. To give you all a short history of the national emergency declaration, the first one was issued by President Woodrow Wilson in February ...
In the coming days, children across Utah County will return to school. Backpacks will be filled, classrooms will come alive and families will once again settle into the familiar routines of early mornings, homework and after-school activities. The beginning of a new school year is filled ...
The Daughters of the American Revolution has found itself at the center of a national political debate after Rep. Ben Cline introduced legislation that would amend the Society’s federal charter to prescribe membership eligibility. Senator Marsha Blackburn has since announced companion ...
