By Jean Welch Hill– For the past two years, state, Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City leaders have been meeting to address homelessness in Utah over the long term. …
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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A Catholic, a Lutheran, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and an Episcopalian, all sit down for a drink together. Sounds like the beginning of a corny joke,…
By Jean Welch Hill– As a 3rd Congressional District constituent, I am torn between the candidates. Watching the Utah Debate Commission debate on television and listening to the A Better…
By Renee Morita (Guest Contributor)– (Editorial note: Mike O’Brien’s blog on 10/16/17 discussed his visit to Topaz with Renee. Renee has graciously agreed to share her family’s full story again,…
By Deacon Scott Dodge– Below are four basic points about prayer. Being a Christian means being a person who prays. In his book The Art of Praying, Romano Guardini averred…
By Gary Topping– During my long career as a historian, I’ve done a number of what we call “oral history” interviews, where I sat down with a participant in some…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Life is a repeating pattern of crucifixion and resurrection. A recent visit to Topaz, the ruins of Utah’s historic World War II internment camp for Japanese…
By Rick Knuth (guest contributor)– A few years ago, after the closing of a corporate merger deal I’d had a small role in, I attended a celebratory dinner and was…
By Jean Welch Hill Last week, I attended a very frightening presentation from the National Weather Service on climate change and its impacts across our nation and in Utah. Bottom…
By Deacon Scott Dodge– In a recent article for the Sunday Times, “Dark clouds gather over the home of Fakebook,” historian Niall Ferguson noted that the human tendency to…