Letter: Utah’s fixation on regulating bars doesn’t address real problems with...
No one would like to eliminate drunk driving more than I would. However, I enjoy a couple glasses of wine with dinner and I have a few friends that enjoy an occasional cocktail. I have no idea what our...
View ArticleLetter: Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has been excellent
I am a retired Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County law enforcement officer. Over the years, I have observed how good our Salt Lake County district attorneys have been.All the DAs during my career and...
View ArticleLetter: If Trump, Hatch and others cared about opioid emergency, we’d already...
My name is Dr. Garon Coriz. I am on the front line of the opioid epidemic as the only Suboxone treatment provider in Sevier County. I know people who have died from overdose and many more who suffer...
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Two very different girls linked in friendship in Utah author’s new...
In the lovely new middle-grade novel “Paper Chains” by local author Elaine Vickers, Katie and Ana are best friends, in spite of their differences. Although she yearns for adventure, Katie is inherently...
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Salt Lake Tribune photos of the month for October 2017
These are some of the best images from October taken by Salt Lake Tribune photographers.October brought Utah a change in the weather with cooler days and the playoffs season for high school sports. A...
View ArticleCommentary: I loved playing football for BYU. But was it worth the damage to...
I love football, and I especially loved my time playing football at Brigham Young University. Running onto the field in front of a full stadium, leading our team in a coin toss at a major bowl game,...
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A best-selling book by former Utahn Martha Raddatz is now a shattering...
Former Utahn Martha Raddatz has covered wars in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan for ABC News. She’s been embedded with the troops. She flew in an F-15 fighter jet on combat missions over Afghanistan....
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In Plan-B’s ‘The Ice Front,’ the political becomes personal for Utah...
The key word in talking about Utah playwright Eric Samuelsen’s play “The Ice Front,” making its world premiere at Plan-B Theatre Company this week, is “personal.”The play tells the story of a group of...
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Noah Smith: Rich nations need to find a cure for the baby bust
Should rich countries try to get their citizens to have more children? Social conservatives generally say yes. Centrists often tentatively agree, worrying that the financial burden of paying for aging...
View ArticleLetter of the Week: Free enterprise needs real accounting
Some choices available to America:Another increase in welfare we will call defense spending and tax cuts.Price carbon emissions and renewable energy becomes the next big thing.Picture two businesses....
View ArticleKragthorpe: Taysom Hill's example should encourage BYU's Tanner Mangum
This is not what anyone pictured for BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum. As of his freshman season, when he led BYU to a 9-4 record and passed for more than 3,000 yards in 2015, Mangum’s career was...
View ArticleVin Scully vows he'll 'never watch another NFL game' because of anthem protests
The NFL has lost Vin Scully.The Los Angeles Dodgers' Hall of Fame former broadcaster told an audience who joined him Saturday night for "An Evening with Vin Scully" at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium...
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A gunman killed 26 worshippers at a Texas church. Here’s how witnesses and...
Sutherland Springs, Texas • A lone gunman stormed a small community church here on Sunday and fatally shot more than two dozen people before fleeing several miles from the scene, where he was found...
View ArticleCommerce leader has stake in firm tied to Putin orbit, report says
New York • Newly leaked documents show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has a stake in a shipping company that does business with a gas producer partly owned by the son-in-law of Russian President...
View ArticleTanner Mangum is sixth BYU quarterback to suffer season-ending injury in...
Provo • Why do bad things seem to happen to the BYU Cougars at all the wrong times this season?Head coach Kalani Sitake expressed those sentiments aloud late Saturday night after his team fell 20-13 to...
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Anne Applebaum: Evil ideas never really die
Nothing is ever over. No historic trauma is ever resolved. No historic villain is ever buried, and no historic lessons are permanently learned. Everything and everyone can be revived, and anything can...
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Utes must try to shut down Logan native Luke Falk in his final game in Utah...
For a second consecutive year the Utes missed out on playing against highly-touted UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen. However, next weekend they will have to deal with the most accomplished quarterback in...
View ArticleNFL: Mickens delivers knockout blow, Jaguars handle Bengals 23-7
Jacksonville, Fla. • With A.J. Green and Jalen Ramsey ejected for fighting, Jaydon Mickens delivered the knockout blow by returning a punt 63 yards for a touchdown, helping the Jacksonville Jaguars...
View ArticleNFL: Goff throws career-best 4 TDs, Rams rout defenseless Giants
East Rutherford, N.J. • Jared Goff set career highs with four touchdown throws and 311 yards passing, Todd Gurley ran for two more scores and the surprising Los Angeles Rams made one big play after...
View ArticleNFL: Kamara, Brees help Saints win 6th straight, 30-10 over Bucs
New Orleans • The Saints extended their winning streak to six when Drew Brees completed 81.2 percent of his passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-10 victory over reeling Tampa Bay on...
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