The Florida Department of Education says parents know what’s best for their children. So, they are withholding the monthly salaries of local school board members in districts that require kids to mask at school. Wait a minute. Don’t we have folks in society who regularly know better than ...

Back in February, 2003, Mormon President Russell M. Nelson published an article in the Ensign magazine titled “Divine Love” where he expressed his belief that God’s love is conditional. At that time, I couldn’t help but wonder what effect Nelson’s theory would have on those of us ...

Keeping Utah a great place to work and raise a family is critical when it comes to attracting Hispanic and Latino businesses. This is yet another reason why we need to address our air quality and climate problems. Air pollution, water scarcity and excessive heat are taking their toll on ...

I have been sick with worry since sending my kids back to school last week. My kids are worried, too. My family should be worried; here in Utah County, COVID-19 prevention guidance has been reduced to a mere suggestion. Students who test positive for Covid and those who came into contact with ...

Labor Day offers a powerful reminder of the crucial gains experienced by American workers in the past century. In 1894, when President Grover Cleveland proclaimed the first Monday in September as Labor Day, Americans worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in abysmal conditions to eke out a ...

America has governed non-Taliban Afghanistan as a colonial possession for 20 years and in that time has reduced it to such a state of dependence that it is utterly unable to defend and govern itself. The problem is that we have almost never been abroad for the democracy-building reasons we ...

<h2>Cancel culture invades Utah</h2>The state of Utah needs to get a backbone and stand up to the cancel culture that is sweeping the nation and is creeping into Utah. Outside forces have moved into Utah and are asking the state to rewrite it’s history to reflect ...

<h3>Ashamed of the campaign to rename Dixie State</h3>It is sad and disgusting that some people and groups have become so "WOKE" that they feel the need to change the name of Dixie State University. The excuse of "racism" is ridiculous. If more people could develop ...

<h3>A rebuttal to commentary about gun ownership</h3>The guest opinion of Kimball Shinkoskey (Herald, June 23) is the best example of illogical logic I have ever read. It is clear from his writing that he thinks that if private ownership of guns was ended, somehow we ...

<h3>Utah wildlife managers are endorsing cruelty</h3>Dog fighting is illegal because it is widely recognized that canines deserve not to be subjected to such cruelty, yet it is perfectly legal to torture and kill coyotes in Utah. Animal cruelty is abominable to most, ...