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Guest opinion: Do ‘name your team’ contests really affect the outcome?

A young girl suggested the name for the planet Pluto in 1930. BuzzBee, the Cheerios mascot, was named by a kid in 1999. Anyone could name something big or small back then. The Utah Jazz were born from New Orleans music, but the Utah Hockey Club is jettisoning the current Coyotes name and ...

Guest opinion: Utah moms take on the teachers union

Children learn differently, so Tooele mom Maria Ruiz pays attention to individual needs. Currently, she sends her son and daughter to separate private schools in Draper. The arrangement works well, but money for tuition is tight. Her husband recently suffered a stroke and cannot work, and her ...

Guest opinion: The Supreme Court in context

As the Supreme Court considers Donald Trump’s immunity claims, many commentators are deeply concerned. Writing in Politico, for example, Ankush Khardori asserted that, “There is good reason to remain worried about the conservative justices’ handling of the case so far, about how they ...