As a new school year begins, it is worth pausing to consider the importance and value of education. We are fortunate to live in a time and place where free public education opens doors for every child, regardless of background. It is one of the largest investments our state makes, and one of ...
September is National Recovery Month. Across Utah, people will gather this month to celebrate something worth celebrating: People can recover from addiction. But there is a question we don't ask nearly as often. What happens after they do? We tell people struggling with addiction to ...
I recently read an article about the importance of students having a “sense of mattering,” and that phrase has really stuck with me. In higher education, we talk a lot about belonging. We want students to feel connected to their university, their classes, their professors and each other. ...
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 ...
