When the hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that first 9/11, the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan and providing sanctuary for al-Qaida. Today, the Taliban are in control of Afghanistan and providing sanctuary to al-Qaida. What then did our ...
WASHINGTON — On Sept. 11, 2001, my wife and I were outside Paris watching reports on French television of the two hijacked planes that crashed into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. We canceled a visit to Versailles and rushed back to Paris in quest of the first available ...
Can books and a lemonade stand change the world? Westridge fourth-grader Emi Kim thinks they can — and she's proving it. Her effort began with two desires: To make a difference and to run a lemonade stand. "My mom and my aunt were talking and they asked me what I thought was a problem ...
Because of the overwhelming volume of COVID-19 patients, 13 Intermountain hospitals will postpone all non-urgent surgeries and procedures requiring hospital admission beginning Wednesday. The postponement is expected to last several weeks. Included on the list is Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, ...
Are we witnessing the feminization of America? And if so, is that a good or bad thing, or is it, like so many quiet but ineluctable trends, a combination of the two? Perceptions of feminization come from some unexpected quarters. The (mostly) free market economist Tyler Cowen sees it as a ...
Emily Dyches passed away five years ago after struggling with postpartum anxiety. She tried to get help for almost a year before she passed. Now her family members, as part of The Emily Effect Foundation, are trying to raise awareness and help other women who may be experiencing similar ...
Lawrence Meckley said a $69 test probably saved his life. Two years ago, Meckley and his wife, Joan, were attending a health education class at Ogden Regional Medical Center. The discussion centered around heart health. “The doctor who was speaking said one of the simplest things to do to ...
The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was beautiful from New York to Washington D.C. — the skies were blue, the weather temperate. It appeared to be another perfect fall day on the horizon. That horizon was soon filled with black smoke and ash, mangled steel girders and the stench of burning ...
The 18th-century English philosopher Jeremy Bentham came up with the idea of the panopticon, a prison designed to allow all the prisoners to be observed by one guard. What even Bentham couldn't conceive of, despite his creative musings about schemes of perpetual surveillance, was a society ...
I have been sick with worry since sending my kids back to school last week. My kids are worried, too. My family should be worried; here in Utah County, COVID-19 prevention guidance has been reduced to a mere suggestion. Students who test positive for Covid and those who came into contact with ...
