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Guest opinion: Are police dogs the right move for Utah schools?

Do you want a police dog sniffing your child when they go to school? That is Ogden School District’s answer to improving school safety. This comes following a tragic shooting that happened in Georgia a few weeks ago. I get it. When something tragic like a school shooting happens, everyone ...

Guest opinion: The Gadianton robbers are here

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, why can you not see that the Gadianton robbers are upon you, right now, as prophesied? They have taken over a political party and seek to destroy the United States. Do you believe the Book of Mormon? In that book we see how the ...

Guest opinion: Combatting gun violence through school-community partnerships

We need stronger school-community partnerships, especially around gun violence prevention. I’ve sat in multiple legislative committee hearings on firearms and anything restrictive is dead on arrival — pun intended. Rationale for killing constitutional common sense gun safety rules always ...

Guest opinion: Celebrate the Constitution by opposing Amendment D

Sept. 17-23 was Constitution Week — a time to give thanks for our constitutional system of government that protects individual rights and lays the foundation for a stable democracy through a structure of checks and balances. One of the most important features of the U.S. Constitution is that ...

Guest opinion: The importance of local support in short-term medical missions

In the modern era, we are more aware of global health disparities than ever before. As such, it is natural to want to engage in helping to lessen those disparities. This is what we are seeing with short-term medical missions (STMM). Short-term medical missions are a form of unregulated medical ...