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Give me a line item veto on how my taxes are spent
April 22, 2007 Taxes buy some pretty wonderful things; things that make America great. They also can be used for evil, used in ways that...
Apr 22, 20073 min read
The Poindexter and the peacenik - 20 years together
April 8, 2007 Milestones are funny things. They're all about the present, but without the past, they'd be meaningless. Living with the...
Apr 8, 20073 min read
A hero to all who care about justice
March 25, 2007 Cihuacoatl, Mayan Earth Goddess, stands guard over a tableau of Latino musicians, peddlers, farm workers and children. ...
Mar 25, 20073 min read
Thank you, Matilda: Honoring a women's rights pioneer
March 11, 2007 Matilda Gage is being honored this year during Women's History Month, a special time set aside each March in tribute to...
Mar 11, 20073 min read
A lot of people gave their all to nuke Divine Strake
February 5, 2007 A one-line e-mail greeted me last Thursday after lunch. It said, “Your voice is not a miracle. Your voice can be heard....
Feb 26, 20073 min read
Three women, one message, written on hands and bodies
February 11, 2007 Shigeko Sasamori offered her hand to me as if it were not sore, as if my shaking it would not hurt her. We ended up in...
Feb 12, 20073 min read
Gov. Huntsman gives the people a voice in Divine Strake
January 28, 2007 The federal government recently put on “public information sessions" to feign interest in Utahns’ opinions on the...
Jan 29, 20075 min read
Let's band together and put an end to this Divine madness
January 14, 2007 I wrote about Divine Strake once before. In a draft of that earlier column, I called it a “bomb test.” A wise friend...
Jan 15, 20073 min read
Raise a toast to democracy
December 31, 2006 I was hunkered down at the world's largest outdoor rodeo, feeling like the lima bean at the church supper after it fell...
Jan 1, 20073 min read
Sometimes I just need a break from all the Utah-ness
December 17, 2006 Janaury Utah is a surreal place where a 46-year-old can go to the post office to mail some packages and encounter a...
Dec 18, 20063 min read
For a few measly dollars you can change people's lives
December 3, 2006 Beauty is well-named. She's a lovely woman with skin the color of coffee beans and long hair in hundreds of slender...
Dec 4, 20063 min read
Bush's evil twin is not gone, he's just in hiding
November 19, 2006 So, political capital lasts two years. When President Bush narrowly won re-election in 2004, he was pompous and...
Nov 20, 20063 min read
It's autumn, sure, but don't close all the windows
November 5, 2006 It’s an autumn ritual that I resent every year: finally giving in and closing the windows. I put it off until it's...
Nov 6, 20063 min read
From Vietnam to Iraq: When will they ever learn?
October 22, 2006 The Vietnam War did end. Back then, we thought it never would. People might not like how it started, how we fought it,...
Oct 23, 20063 min read
Nearing 90, Walter Cronkite is still telling it like it is
September 18, 2006 The voice and familiar speech cadence of Walter Cronkite tether me to my childhood. The sound of him speaking -...
Sep 19, 20063 min read
Lately, something has come between America and me
September 2, 2006 Dear Friendly Advice Columnist, My girlfriend America is my best bud. I have loved her since I was born and I am...
Sep 3, 20063 min read