9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (631+ words) Did you celebrate labor last Monday, Labor Day? But not organized labor. At least I get to choose. Organized labor isn’t a fan of choice. Joining CBS in NYC, I was told: “You must join (and pay dues to) SAG-AFTRA…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (870+ words) Labor Day arrives each year as summer begins to loosen its grip. Families gather, grills are lit, and millions of Americans enjoy a well-earned day of rest. Yet the holiday should mean more than a long weekend. It should remind…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1333+ words) Props must be given out to Salem Hills head football coach Jeff Higginson and the football community there for putting on another memorable tribute to veterans prior to the game against Provo on Friday. The tribute features a dinner and…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (808+ words) History illuminates the present. I’ve been reading Stephen Kotkin’s widely and justly praised multivolume biography of Joseph Stalin and have encountered many passages that illuminate the present. I learned, for example, that Stalin met the exiled Vladimir Lenin more than…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (671+ words) When asked about Labor Day, I suspect most people immediately think about the benefits of having a three-day weekend in early September. It’s a day off! It’s time to head out of town or go fishing or have a barbecue…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (404+ words) Hope4Utah’s Hope Squads program operates in more than 2,500 schools throughout the United States. Not only is it OK to talk about suicide, but asking someone who is struggling if he or she is considering suicide could actually be an important…...