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…

By Gary Topping– The recent death of Hugh Hefner at age 91 prompts some reflections about the era of supposed sexual liberation over which he presided.  It wasn’t just sex:…