This is the time of year that most of us don’t love — seeing political signs go up for local elections, trying to find time and energy to decide which candidates will best represent us, and who may have different agendas. Most of us care about our beautiful city and preserving the Family ...
Orem is largely a community of wonderful, cooperative people and is generally a community of willing volunteers and peacemakers. On the other hand, in the nation and world, there is often a perception that contention is synonymous with power and politics. It is easy to get sucked into that ...
Powerful interests in America refuse to listen to the people. That is the opposite of what is supposed to happen in a democracy. A hundred years ago this nation was dead set against getting involved in European wars, but a wily politician by the name of Woodrow Wilson and a small group of ...
As Orem voters prepare to elect three city council members this fall, I have a suggestion that will make vetting the candidates very simple. Just ask each candidate how he/she voted on Proposition 2 last year. Prop 2, you’ll remember, was an attempt to have Orem split off from Alpine School ...
Mr. Kieth Burns' concern for the "doctrinal consistency" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is laudable. His observation that the Church does not align with "modern sensibilities" is also accurate. Seldom have religions done so. Careful study of the doctrinal ...
Now that the worst night of the year for pets and vets (veterans) is past, a comment or two. This fireworks obscenity that passes for patriotism must be re-evaluated before our enemy arrives at our western shore and finds we have pumped our fists and pounded our chests into such a false sense ...
It is not often enough that a business displays a combination of quick response, immediate assessment of need, hazards, and difficulty; submits a bid, encounters complications and yet completes the job with priority, high quality and no increase in an already reasonable bid. As I got very ...
Between the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) formation this year, the plethora of hearings held on the CCP’s economic coercion, technological influence, and human rights abuses, and China’s military aggression towards Taiwan, Americans have every right to be ...
Orem’s mayor and certain city council members have become overly concerned about Alpine School District. It seems they spend much of their time and energy attacking ASD. Even when nearly three out of four (72%) of Orem voters rejected their effort to split Orem into its own school district, ...
Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are a conservation success story that is being threatened by the Biden Administration’s delay. In Montana, hunters can kill as many as 20 wolves each, and in Idaho, there are no limits. Even wolves in Yellowstone National Park have been frequently and ...
