Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
A quarter of a million dollars. That’s how much Grantsville High School students earned in college scholarships this school year. It sounded like an impressive amount of money until I heard that Stansbury High School students beat...
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What defines Stansbury High School? More aptly, who defines it? Most would agree it is the students. This is a new school that has not yet graduated its first class to attend all four years at the...
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I belong to the gender against which, Democrats claim, Republicans are waging a war. The “war on women” sound bite wears thin because it implies the Democratic Party supports values important to women like me. I beg...
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The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, has commendable provisions: no more lifetime coverage caps, extended coverage until young adults turn 26, and coverage even for those with pre-existing conditions, among others. Best of all, it...
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Similar to the feudal system of Medieval Europe, there are at least three classes of states within the United States of America. First are the eastern states, which comprise the original 13 colonies and the states of...
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I was driving carpool when one of my passengers told my son he should do marching band next year. “It’s a lot of work,” he said, “but when they applaud at the end, wow, it’s a rush.”...
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To those legislators that supported House Bill 363 to eliminate sex education in school, I would like to bring to your attention to a few weaknesses within the bill. First, not all parents really care what their...
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Although I’ve certainly had my opinions, I’ve not been a faithful participant in our political process all my life. As a child, a teenager, and even through my 20s, I had the impression that those in political...
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As our state legislators consider a bill that would increase the waiting period for abortion from 24 to 72 hours, I’ve had to look deep within to see why the bill resonates with me. I’ve never had,...
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Certainly not for the first time, a bill currently before the Utah Legislature introduces some interesting moral dilemmas. House Bill 363 proposes limiting sex education in our public schools to abstinence-only programs or nothing at all. This...
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