Reading commentary about the recent elections, I thought of an observation of Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman said, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." That is, we must always be disciplined in looking ...

MEDORA, North Dakota -- Standing here this summer in the Badlands overlooking where the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is under construction, any person curious about the 26th president can be assured that this place will indeed capture the spirit and essence of the man. I was ...

I once met a man who claimed to make up his mind who he wanted in presidential elections only after stepping into the voting booth. "Are you kidding me?" I asked, aghast. How could anyone, I marveled, not know who they were planning to vote for? What were they waiting for, a message from ...

Time is short for the Trump administration. Last week's elections were a setback, but not a devastating one: New Jersey is still a blue state, and while Virginia went red four years ago, it's been trending Democratic for more than a decade. Republicans also fared poorly in ...

This year’s boating season report on invasive species decontamination efforts at Lake Powell and other Utah waterbodies registered larger numbers than in 2024. Technicians from different Utah, Arizona and federal offices inspected over 288,500 boats and performed 6,509 decontaminations of ...

Reconstruction of the Provo River Bridge in Provo began Monday, closing 820 North at the bridge to traffic until the project is completed next summer. According to Provo City, a new, 83-foot-wide bridge will be built, and improvements will be made to the roadway's curb, gutter, trail drainage ...