Many speeches will be delivered this year about the Declaration of Independence as we celebrate its 250th birthday. However, I think the greatest was just delivered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on April 15 at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas, Austin. The ...
Prices rise. People blame capitalism. Politicians promise "solutions." President Donald Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates. My socialist mayor wants to freeze rents. Elizabeth Warren wants politicians to decide what prices are "excessive." So I was surprised to see ...
Historically, Slate Canyon was considered by some to be the forgotten canyon in the city of Provo. While residents took advantage of recreation opportunities in Provo and Rock canyons, the mouth of Slate Canyon, once home to the city landfill, remained a spot where people would go and dump ...
Federal air quality regulators are taking steps toward raising northern Utah’s grade on ozone pollution, not because the air is cleaner but in a recognition of emissions making their way to the region from as far away as Asia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed ...
A wildfire ignited in Goshen Canyon on the Utah and Juab county border Tuesday evening. As of Wednesday afternoon, the fire had burned 400 acres and remained 0% contained, but there was low potential for further spread due to rocky topography, according to Karl Hunt, a public affairs officer ...
You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for cutting prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" -- keeping prices lower than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't ...
