With this ring, I thee fled? Thank God, my bride didn’t bolt
On Saturday, I officiated at the wedding of Tyler M. Crompton to Linlee Searcy at the Elevé Event Center in Pleasant Grove. As weddings go, I gave it an A-minus.I have no idea what score Linlee gave...
View ArticleIt's pink backpack time for Jazz rookies
Los Angeles • Donovan Mitchell’s biggest problem with it isn’t that it’s pink. Or that it has fairy wings sprouting from the sides.The first-year guard says the biggest problem with his new backpack is...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of Utahns support ballot initiative to expand Medicaid, poll says
Utahns have shown consistent support for a Medicaid expansion, judging from polls over the past three years.A spring 2014 survey showed three in four voters backed full expansion of the health coverage...
View ArticleA moose attacked a woman in Utah, officials say. And now they’re looking for...
A moose was the likely culprit after hikers found an injured a woman on a Summit County trail over the weekend, a Division of Wildlife Resources official said Wednesday.On Sunday, two hikers were...
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Dana Milbank: Dear Mr. Bezos: Have I got a deal for you
Dear Mr. Bezos: Jeff (If I may),I write to you not only as an employee of the Amazon Washington Post but also as one of your most faithful customers. I currently spend 110 percent of my salary on...
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Pioneer’s zany ‘A Comedy of Tenors’ offers antidote to anxiety
“Great confusion.” That was one of my notes from Pioneer Theatre Company’s rollicking production of “A Comedy of Tenors,” scrawled at the height of the manic carryings-on.Yes, Ken Ludwig’s sequel to...
View Article‘Loving Vincent’ beautifully captures life, and art, of Van Gogh through...
The makers of the animated marvel “Loving Vincent” set about two gargantuan tasks: to capture the beauty of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings on film and to explore the enduring mystery of the Dutch...
View ArticleHolly Richardson: Not everything worth doing is worth doing well
I’m sure you’ve heard it. “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.”Those words were penned by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in a letter to his son back in 1774. Fallen Navy...
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Timberlake's back at the Super Bowl, but will he do right by Janet Jackson?
Justin Timberlake made a bet almost 14 years ago, and it continues to pay off for him. Janet Jackson took the identical risk, and she lost big time.This week’s announcement that Timberlake would...
View ArticleUtah teen says she’s ‘so sorry’ for purposely crashing into a car and killing...
Ogden • Marilee Gardner wept Wednesday as she apologized for ramming her car into another vehicle on a June night last year, killing the two occupants inside.“I am so sorry,” Gardner cried, as she...
View ArticleNAACP warns African-Americans against travel on American Air
Dallas • The NAACP is warning African-Americans that if they fly on American Airlines they could be subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions.American’s CEO said Wednesday that he was...
View ArticleCommentary: Are religious people more moral?
Why do people distrust atheists?A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents,...
View ArticleLife imitating art: 7 movies about painters caught in the act of creation
Filmmakers have always idolized and r omanticized painters, considered them kindred spirits whose tumultuous lives and bad behavior could be excused for the sake of art.The new animated wonder “Loving...
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Commentary: As a fellow Mormon, I’m proud of Sen. Jeff Flake
On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona denounced President Donald Trump’s administration from the Senate floor, saying that he refused to be “complicit” with the behavior of a president he described as...
View ArticleRebuild planned for Utah’s historic — and hellish — Hole-in-the-Rock road
Utah’s Hole in the Rock road is sometimes referred to as “57 miles of hell” — good for trashing vehicles, less useful for accessing Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s slot canyons and...
View ArticleUtes receiver and former Duck Darren Carrington makes his return to Eugene
Darren Carrington II decided in fifth grade that he wanted to play football for the University of Oregon. He fell in love with the idea in part because family friend Jarius Byrd starred at safety for...
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‘Its days are numbered’: Conservative group seeks to end death penalty in...
Washington • A group of conservative state lawmakers says momentum is building to kill the death penalty, noting an increase in the number of Republican leaders sponsoring legislation to abolish...
View ArticleCategory 5k will raise funds for hurricane victims
Two friends, a Brigham Young University student and a recent graduate of the Provo school, have organized a 5K race to raise money to help victims of the hurricanes that hit Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico...
View ArticleDreary ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ tells a sad story of Winnie-the-Pooh’s...
The gap between creator and creation may never have been wider than in the life of author A.A. Milne and his brainchild, Winnie-the-Pooh — a chasm that the movie “Goodbye Christopher Robin” reveals to...
View Article'Mormon Land' — Historian D. Michael Quinn talks about his exploration of LDS...
Historian D. Michael Quinn has released the final volume of his “Mormon Hierarchy” trilogy with a deep look at the LDS Church’s wealth and financial prowess — along with the economics and theology that...
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