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Learning a Routine for Comfortable Writing

By Sean Williams April 28, 2017

When trying to refine my writing, one thing I learned was that the advice I’d been offered was deceptively simple. You can often hear people say how you have to “just go for it” with writing, to...

A Sustainable Future Requires Political Activism

A Sustainable Future Requires Political Activism

By Sean Williams April 21, 2017

At the heart of the movement for sustainability is a kind of awareness. First, we become aware of the wider world around us and the environmental impact that our actions have. Next, we become aware of...

Tone Down on the Sequels and Remakes

Tone Down on the Sequels and Remakes

By Sean Williams April 18, 2017

When I evaluate movies, I try not to put undue expectations on them. I don’t insist that summer blockbusters be masterpieces, nor do I think that every movie must break some kind of new ground. What...

Depression as a Disease: Its Complicated

Depression as a Disease: It’s Complicated

By Sean Williams April 11, 2017

There is much to be lauded about recent efforts to remove the stigma from mental health issues and allow for more mature conversations. Unfortunately, in trying to have these conversations, it is often...

Lab materials used to create drugs inside the LS Skaggs College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Mar. 27, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

The Competitive Solution to Drug Prices Requires Government Action

By Sean Williams April 4, 2017

Ever the populist, President Donald Trump has made some huge promises to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices. He frequently claims the pharmaceutical industry is "getting away with murder" and charging...

An Australian service light armored vehicle drives through Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, March 29. The terrain of Tangi Valley is notoriously rough, but the ASLAV maneuvers across it with ease, said Australian army Lt. McLeod Wood, a troop leader for 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Mentoring Task Force 2, Combined Team Uruzgan.

We Should Think Twice About A New Afghanistan Surge

By Sean Williams April 2, 2017

For those who have followed the war in Afghanistan, the Central Command’s latest request for additional troops should look familiar. After all, a similar request was made in 2009, when then-president...

Trump Administration Invokes States Rights On a Whim

Trump Administration Invokes States’ Rights On a Whim

By Sean Williams March 31, 2017

When the Trump administration opted to rescind the Obama administration’s previous guideline on transgender bathroom policy, state power was a big justification. A letter released by the departments...

the Stacks at the Marriott Library March 08, 2017. Adam Fondren for the Daily Utah Chronicle.

Printed Books are Irreplaceable

By Sean Williams March 24, 2017

The very name of electronic books, ebooks, reminds us of what they are imitating. These electronic versions are often laid out like pages in a print book, and many programs even simulate the appearance...

The Need for Independent Redistricting Commissions

The Need for Independent Redistricting Commissions

By Sean Williams March 22, 2017

In politics today, we are often distinctly aware of the need for neutrality. Those on both sides of the aisle frequently launch accusations of bias and the potential power of conflicts of interest is a...

Beware Freemium Applications

Beware “Freemium” Applications

By Sean Williams March 10, 2017

Products are made to make money and “free” ones are no exception. In fact, a huge industry has formed around everything free. This new price model, sometimes dubbed “freemium” or "free-to-play,"...

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