There's no such thing as an honest politician. It's so common an idea that you might not even give it a second thought, but that doesn't mean that we ought to accept unethical behavior from our elected officials. Just the opposite: We should do our best to ensure that those people we elect are as ethical as possible.

Both Republicans and Democrats are attacking each other at any opportunity, which might be turning off voters but is turning on media.

Utah has had considerable success against the Aggies in the past, winning 10 of the 11 matchups between the two schools. That success continued this weekend with a 2-0 win at Ute field.

The Utes won two matches at the Utah Classic, but couldn't get the win they really wanted as they lost their first home match of the season to No. 15 Purdue.

After taking last week off to focus on training, the Utah cross country team was back in competition on Saturday at the Colorado State Open.

They're called the special teams, but Utah's punt returners were anything but that in the No. 22 Utes' 58-10 route over instate rival Utah State.

You know when you're gawking at an attractive person from afar, and then suddenly, after they've made their way closer, you're eyes adjust, and they were far from good? That also describes Utah's 58-10 win over Utah State, Saturday at Romney Stadium.

The U offense will look to take advantage of a beaten Aggie defense that gave up an astounding 688 yards last week to Oregon8212;408 being accumulated on the ground. The Utes have yet to have a 100-yard rusher this season, and the tandem tailbacks of Matt Asiata and Darrell Mack should be looking to blow the game open for the Utes, using their brute size and open-field toughness to wear down the Aggies.

In the battle to define who is a greater fiscal conservative, Corroon wins by default simply by not having raised taxes. Renckert doesn't seem to offer much on that front, or for that matter any front at all.

Smoking is bad, and the person holding the cigarette knows that already. The more time a pious commentator spends around the smoker, the longer he or she will be exposed to the secondhand smoke anyway, so they might as well keep truckin'.