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Utahns Love to Protest, Hate to Vote

Utahns Love to Protest, Hate to Vote

February 22, 2017

A lot has been said about Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s town hall meeting at Brighton High School on February 9. In case you missed it, thousands of Utahns gathered to raise objections with everything from...

When Experts Get It Wrong

When Experts Get It Wrong

January 23, 2017

In 1865, a substitute teacher and Augustinian friar with a passion for botany presented research on crossbreeding pea plants to a room of about 40 people. The audience left largely unimpressed and the...

Satire: A Rapist, Two Domestic Abusers, and a Rapper Walk Into a Boxing ring…

By Alex Judd January 19, 2017

If you have been on Instagram since New Year’s, you are probably more familiar than you’d care to be with the Chris Brown and Soulja Boy feud. If not, here’s the 60-second summary: Soulja Boy liked...

The Future of Trumpcare

The Future of Trumpcare

December 23, 2016

Since election day, analysts have been hard at work trying to decipher how exactly Trump defied experts and statisticians alike in triumphing over heavy favorite Hillary Clinton. One of many takeaways...

Ben Carson

Dr Carson Belongs in Surgery, Not Cabinet

December 22, 2016

Out of 319 million Americans, Donald Trump has decided that the person he most wants atop the Department of Housing and Urban Development is Dr. Ben Carson. Really? A man who has never held public office,...

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Kaepernick’s Praise of Fidel Castro Undermines Credibility

December 1, 2016

Colin Kaepernick is in the hot seat once again. First, he admitted to staying home and not voting on election day. Now he has come under criticism for wearing a shirt and making remarks appearing to lionize...

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Replacing Partisan Fear and Mistrust With Understanding and Unity

November 28, 2016

George Washington famously warned against the dangers of partisanship in the U.S. in his farewell address way back in 1796: “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit...

Need for Diversity in School of Medicine

Need for Diversity in School of Medicine

November 14, 2016

Medical school is expensive. Of course, I knew that when I applied. I ended up enrolling in the cheapest medical school that accepted me: the U. Still, nothing prepared me for the hidden costs and innumerable...

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Baseball’s Undervalued Diversity

November 8, 2016

Now that the Major League Baseball playoffs are over and the Chicago Cubs have been crowned World Series champions for the first time in over a century, another baseball story from a few weeks ago deserves...

Public Outcry to Trump Assaults is Unfortunately An Anomaly, Sign of a Larger Problem

Public Outcry to Trump Assaults is Unfortunately An Anomaly, Sign of a Larger Problem

October 31, 2016

In 2013, rapper Rick Ross recorded a verse on the song “U.O.E.N.O.” which included the following lyrics: “Put molly all in her champagne/ She ain’t even know it/ I took her home and I enjoyed that/...

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