There are days where life just doesn’t seem to go our way — jobs are lost, children misbehave and important tests are failed. Each of these events have the power to induce sadness, a normal human emotion....
The Republican Party of Utah has a fairly clear, concise and quite good-sounding platform which it ratified in 2009. It declares that the function of government is “not to grant rights, but to protect...
The recent ruling on the case between the Federal Communications Commission and Verizon is in many ways unfortunate, in many ways expected and not that bad. But the issue of net neutrality is still an...
A few weeks ago, there was a polar vortex that caused record lows in the Midwest and Southern United States, sparking debate on both sides of the global warming dispute. Despite both the fact that surveyed...
This past summer I had a revelation while strolling along the picture-perfect beaches of Costa Rica and reveling in a fiery red sunset to complete another sun-soaked day in paradise. There I was, minding...
It is a well-known fact that college is expensive, oftentimes unreasonably so. Because of this, most students feel a high demand to graduate with a major that will lead to a profitable career, because...
The ‘60s and ‘70s were two of the most fascinating decades in United States history. These two decades saw an escalation of social unrest, the emergence of new forms of art and music and a variety...
Rarely do I have something kind to say about Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), so don’t take this brief moment of clemency I give the Tea Party favorite lightly. Lee’s proposed legislation seeks to extend more...
Last semester, I spent enough money on coffee each month to fill my parents’ minivan’s gas tank not once, but twice. I had a mental map of every coffee shop on campus and knew how long I would have...
When I was in high school, I sat next to a football player in my math class. He would often ask me for help on the problems. He didn’t struggle with the new concepts we were learning in the class. Instead,...
