Neylan McBaine: What good does classical music do us in the modern world?
What good does classical music do us in the modern world? At the Utah Opera’s 40th Anniversary gala with Renee Fleming last week, materials in the program and a video about the Opera’s visits to public...
View ArticleBYU sports boss Tom Holmoe still believes
Provo • On a recent night in New Orleans when his Cougars couldn’t score a point against LSU, the boss of BYU sports pivoted on the sideline in the Superdome, leaving a hard footprint in the turf as he...
View ArticleCommentary: Be prepared for climate emergencies
September is Emergency Preparedness Month.While Utahns traditionally take important measures to prepare for sudden natural disasters such as earthquakes, we also need to think about taking mitigating...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Ex-BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall‘s Boise breakthrough is a sign of...
Boise, Idaho • Virginia huddled before every play. Bronco Mendenhall cursed just this once.The Cavaliers’ offensive tempo illustrates the patience and planning required in the former BYU coach’s...
View ArticleTrump tells NBA star Curry that White House visit is off
Somerset, N.J. • Stephen Curry and President Donald Trump agree on one thing: The Golden State star is not going to the White House anytime soon.Trump tweeted Saturday that Curry is no longer invited...
View ArticleNew Mexico college bake sale charged prices based on race
Albuquerque, N.M. • A bake sale at the University of New Mexico set up by a nonprofit group to charge students based on race and ethnicity ended after outraged opponents disrupted it.The group, Turning...
View ArticleWilliam C. Duncan: A child is not an entitlement, and a uterus is not a...
The claim of a right to a child or a right to surrogacy is novel – and troubling.The Utah Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a challenge to a Utah law that allows couples to use a surrogate to...
View ArticleUtah football: Senior QB Troy Williams stepped in to help the Utes remain...
Senior co-captain Troy Williams came off the bench in the first half of Utah’s Pac-12 opener, put on his cape and saved the day after three weeks of watching and coming in exclusively in mop-up...
View ArticlePrep girls' soccer: State rankings for Sept. 24
Class 6A1. American Fork (13-0) • The Region 4 champs handed Lone Peak another loss (3-1) before going on the road and taking care of Westlake (3-0). One last matchup against rival Pleasant Grove next...
View ArticleUtah Teacher of the Year: How did I get here?
How did I get here?I am the productof a mother who made whole wheat bread and read out loud to us each night books like Little House on the Prairie and Little Britches.of a father who died at 28 from...
View ArticleAfter Maria, humanitarian crisis grows in Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico • A humanitarian crisis grew Saturday in Puerto Rico as towns were left without fresh water, fuel, power or phone service following Hurricane Maria’s devastating passage across...
View ArticleCommentary: Defending our country and its public lands
A few days ago, I wrapped up our fifth year of leading a Sierra Club Military Outdoors trip that brings 50 of our nation’s veterans and their partners through the Green River in Utah’s Dinosaur...
View ArticleDespite massive cuts, Hispanic Heritage Parade provides opportunities to...
Relief washed over Luis Rios as he stood among the bundled-up crowd watching the Hispanic Heritage Parade on Saturday.The smiles, laughs and celebrations taking place at The Gateway were a welcome...
View ArticleLetter: Defending people I disagree with
I’m getting really tired of defending people I disagree with, but my own side is forcing me to do so. I’m a liberal and I’m starting to see why the right is laughing at me and all my “snowflake”...
View ArticlePrep sports: This week's standout performers and key numbers
Each week, the TribPreps staff will choose standout performers and key numbers from the previous week’s action in Utah and showcase them. Here are this week’s picks.Breanne BitterThe Clearfield senior...
View ArticleLetter: Rolly just gets better with time
As a member of the Salt Lake chapter of the International Footprint Association, our club was treated by hearing Paul Rolly of The Salt Lake Tribune be our guest speaker at our luncheon on Sept. 12. To...
View ArticleLetter: Stop calling Medicare and Social Security entitlements
I am writing in response to David Spackman’s letter to the editor on Sept. 16. He calls Social Security and Medicare entitlements.They are not entitlements, unless you think that after paying into...
View ArticleNFL commissioner, players' union angrily denounce Trump
Somerset, N.J. • The National Football League and its players’ union on Saturday angrily denounced President Donald Trump for suggesting that owners fire players who kneel during the national anthem...
View ArticleLetter: Show is an insult to women
Thank you, Gus Wheeler.And thanks to The Tribune for making Gus Wheeler’s letter the Letter of the Week on Sept. 17. The nauseating Salt Lake expo called “What a Woman Wants” keeps repeating...
View ArticleLetter: Single-payer would set us free
The argument from the right against single-payer health care is that it creates a dependency on government. I would argue that what single-payer does is that it creates freedom. The type of freedom the...
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