I live in Curt Bramble's former Senate district. Curt is one of the most corrupt lawmakers in Utah history. His hubris and ego are legion. Curt, along with fellow corrupt elitist Republican lawmakers and bad governors that included Leavitt, Huntsman, Herbert and Cox, did maximum damage to ...

My name is Tucker Smith, and I’ve taught at Timpanogos High School for 6 years. I grew up in Orem, and I currently live in Orem, close to Timpanogos High School. Like many, I am worried about the upcoming Alpine District split and what that will mean for education in Orem, Pleasant Grove, ...

I own a cell phone, but not a smartphone — it's a fliptop. I noticed at family gatherings this past holiday season that nobody but me was actually looking up and engaging in face-to-face conversations. In other words, I wound up talking to myself. Hence, the following (with apologies to ...

I hate trampolines. Not because I consider the weird faces you make in midair unbecoming, not because I have a problem with spring-based athletic activities and not because I'm an enemy of fun in general. I mostly blame my hatred on my kid's friend — or my kid's friend's dad, to be more ...

The American press corps covers Republican presidential administrations very differently from Democratic presidential administrations and covers Donald Trump's administration differently from everything. To the press, Donald Trump is a bad man — a would-be authoritarian tyrant. Therefore, any ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he entered for the first time as the 47th president. It's a choice Democrats are poorly positioned to criticize, even though the seventh president owned slaves and ...