Some say it’s the most complicated machine we’ve ever built. We rely on it not just each day, but each moment of each day. It reaches into our homes, factories, offices and stores. And at times it’s surprisingly fragile and subject to massive failure.I’m talking about the electrical ...
I won’t ask that question of one of my family members or liberal work colleagues for fear of how they might answer, but I don’t think I’m totally dense.When a brouhaha erupted over a Mitt Romney campaign ad noting that Chrysler was going to build Jeeps in China and that that meant taking ...
A rousing discussion ensued in the Daily Herald newsroom on Monday when a staffer told everyone that she had seen a voter allowed to vote in a previous election after using for identification a Utah driver’s license that had a hole punched in it. Utah requires “a currently valid” ...
A few weeks ago, our photo staff got some much needed new gear. After sending our previous cameras, lenses, and other gear in for repairs far too many times, the paper gave us the go ahead to get two cameras, two laptops, two lenses, and all sorts of accessories. I could go on and on about ...
<p class="p1">Adam and Andrea picked a great time to move to New York City.</p><p class="p1">No, really. They did.</p><p class="p1">Never mind that they moved into town just a few days before Superstorm Sandy did. Forget that ...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/8143789925/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8143789925_13929ebebf_m.jpg" alt="Peeper" width="200" /></a>Unlike the 11th ...
Of the approximately 2,500 Utah County residential listings offered for sale in the Wasatch Front Multiple Listing Service, just over 600 are short sales.<span>"That's not near as many (short sales) as there were last year," said Realtor Paul Teasdale. Not only have the short sale ...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/8126750083/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8126750083_46faf25342_m.jpg" alt="Sununu" width="200" /></a>Much ado is being ...
Selling one's own home without the assistance of a Realtor seems to be getting less popular.Just driving around Utah County I've noticed fewer for sale by owner signs this year than I have in the past.I subscribe to a "for sale by owner service" that sends me new listings every day. It covers ...
<p class="p1">My life as a high school debater was brief and unspectacular. It lasted through three debate tournaments and ended shortly after a judge suggested on a scoring sheet that I should consider another competitive speech event — like oratory, for ...
