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Guest opinion: Epstein victims deserve transparency

There is that old adage that “life imitates art”. Or is it “art imitates life”? In 1987 Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd starred in the movie “Dragnet”, a spoof of sorts on the 1960s television series. Aykroyd’s character plays the nephew of Joe Friday, the straight-laced, all-business ...

Guest opinion: Why does Utah have a death penalty?

In 1976, I was serving as the police chief in Orem. With just a few months on the job, I received a late-night phone call from Lt. Gerald Neilson regarding a potential homicide at a Sinclair gas station. I went to the crime scene and saw a dead young man on the floor of the gas station ...

Guest opinion: Utah’s sky-high tech ambitions are a bet worth making

Utah’s Silicon Slopes aren’t the next Silicon Valley. They represent something more distinctive — a canvas with the right values and just enough infrastructure to make it work. That makes it a rare thing in 2025: a state where forward-thinking policy converges with open opportunity. For ...

Guest opinion: The party platform matters in endorsements

As municipal and new school board races heat up in Utah County, opinions vary on whether or not nonpartisan local races should have endorsements from organizations and, if so, by which organizations. In our fast moving, definition-changing world, two different people could have two completely ...

Guest opinion: Don’t pull the plug on Utah’s advanced energy boom

Looking at the energy projects under development across the Beehive State, I don’t see a distant policy debate. I see economic opportunity in motion. From Clearfield to Tooele, from Emery County to Utah County, our state is experiencing a surge in private investment in advanced energy ...