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Opinion: Democracy Dies Under Misinformation

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer September 15, 2024

  This story is published as part of U.S. Democracy Day and the Utah College Media Collaborative, a cross-campus project bringing together emerging journalists from Salt Lake Community College,...

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Timpa: Trump Has Destroyed the Republican Party

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer August 12, 2024

  Donald Trump has never been popular among Democrat voters. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. However, the growing rift between lifelong conservatives and the former president is a surprise.   This...

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Timpa: Artificial Intelligence and Superficial Promises

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer July 10, 2024

  For most of its existence, artificial intelligence has remained a niche area of innovation explored exclusively by experts. It wasn’t until the late 2010s,  alongside the pandemic, that AI...

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Timpa: The Gig is Up, Or Is It?

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer June 18, 2024

  Over the past decade, the labor market has undergone a shift towards what is being referred to as the gig economy. A gig economy refers to a labor market that employs workers without having...

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Timpa: Utah Isn’t Ready to Ban Abortion

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer May 1, 2024

  This past month, Arizona has moved to reinstate a nearly 200-year-old law. It will ban abortions in their entirety, making no exceptions for extraneous circumstances except to save the life of...

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Timpa: People Don’t Need Therapy, They Need Money

By Matthew Timpa, Opinion Writer April 1, 2024

  Money doesn’t buy happiness. This statement is as profound as it is controversial but falls short in terms of practicality. With Americans' spending power continuing to decrease, they face...