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Letter: Money talks, politicians listen

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 ...

Letter: Disgusted with Utah’s fireworks fetish, false patriotism

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 ...

Letter: Grateful for Kuhni’s Kustom Handyman

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 ...

Letter: China remains a threat to the United States

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 ...

Letter: Too much focus on ASD from Orem City Council

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, ...

Letter: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland should protect wildlife

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 ...