As a parent of four young children, I worry when a few of Orem’s wealthiest residents invest in six-figure marketing campaigns to alter the future of education in our community. They claim by splitting away from Alpine School District via Proposition 2, Orem could immediately upgrade schools, ...
In the Sunday morning session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' General Conference, Russell M. Nelson gave a sermon about “overcoming the world” and finding peace through Jesus Christ. While there were certainly moving and inspiring aspects of the speech, much of it was ...
Orem is in turmoil. Since late January, a fractioned Orem City council has been dealing with the ramifications of pursuing a split from the Alpine School District. No one reading this would be surprised to hear that this has produced a lot of conflicts — we only have to look to the recent ...
Federal regulatory enforcement has reached the point it needs to be checked. I’m not anti-government. Early in my career, I represented environmental groups and labor unions. While a Clinton White House appointee, I played a substantial role reforming professional sports (doping) and the ...
September marks Suicide Prevention Month. A national poll, conducted in 2020, found that while 95% of Americans surveyed would act if someone close to them was thinking about suicide, almost 70% of respondents identified barriers that keep them from discussing suicide with others. These ...
In many states, the focus on voter security has ironically led to laws making it harder to vote. We’ve been lucky so far in Utah – our Governor’s Office, the State Legislature, elections administrators and most County Commissioners have shown little patience for irrational claims of ...
