For decades, Orem has worn its motto like a badge of honor: Family City USA. It is a brand that promises stability, quiet streets, and a community where neighbors know and trust one another. But as short-term rentals (STRs) like Airbnb proliferate across our residential zones—often in direct ...
As President Donald Trump's job approval sinks to or below 40% (depending on which poll you're looking at), betting markets and political conventional wisdom are that his Republican Party is not necessarily doomed to lose its narrow House majority, nor is it at serious risk of losing its Senate ...
The brain is weird. And it has a very big job to do. On the whole, my brain does a decent job at keeping me alive. But it’s not so great at prioritizing what activities would make that life worthwhile. That’s why someday, when I meet St. Peter at the pearly gates, and he asks me if I served ...
Danial Gambler is Diné. For 30 years, he’s survived the cycle of chronic alcohol addiction, homelessness and incarceration. His last release from jail was April 1st–Provo’s Founders Day. It is time to discuss the intersection of homelessness and anti-indigenous racism in Utah County. ...
Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, "Capitalism ... is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental and social cost. That is not a redeemable system." Give ...
President Donald Trump's visit to China this week arrives at one of the most dangerous and morally complicated moments in modern geopolitical history. The optics will be carefully choreographed: towering skylines, ceremonial handshakes, military precision, economic pledges and polished displays ...
