There’s a marquee on Cougar Boulevard in Provo that displays important, life-changing advice in two simple words: Choose kindness. Though his organization is unaffiliated with that business and its sign, One Kind Act a Day Executive Director Mason Bennett endorsed and echoed the sentiment ...

Success breeds failure. Policies and practices well suited to society at one juncture in history are often poorly suited to the world they have beneficially transformed. If you carry a good thing too far, it can turn out not to be a good thing anymore. Case in point, one of the most successful ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about community in the last few weeks. We are just now wrapping up a municipal election cycle that occasionally got pretty divisive. I heard from and talked to many citizens of our cities as well as candidates about their ideas and often their frustrations. Almost ...

In a recent interview, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared in unequivocal terms that President Donald Trump was "the worst thing on the face of the Earth." You heard that right. Not a threat to democracy, not a danger to civility, the worst thing on the face of the Earth. It was a ...

I love that Thanksgiving gives us all a chance to recognize all of the gifts and wonderful people in our lives. Every November, I'm excited for the opportunity to reflect on the things I'm grateful for and acknowledge the difference other people have made in my life. This November, I'm ...

Due to the recent government shutdown, it may take quite some time for those on limited incomes to get back to where they were, financially, just a few weeks ago. With the holidays approaching, this is always a busy time for food banks and pantries, but it's even more true this year due to the ...