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Every couple has to decide how, or if, to celebrate Christmas
When Chris and I got together, among the many things we had to settle as a couple beginning to live in the same house was what to do...
Dec 19, 20054 min read
Don't pass up chance to recreate history
I never knew my great-grandfathers; I have no idea who they were or what they did. I never even met my grandfathers. Maybe that’s why...
Dec 5, 20053 min read
Bush people have cranked up the ol’' fog machine
The Bush team has been taking potshots at anyone who dares to note the overwhelming evidence that the administration manipulated - if not...
Nov 21, 20053 min read
Heroin steals young lives
For most of us, a too-young face and an unfamiliar name in the obituaries tell a story that we otherwise wouldn’t hear. Some boy or...
Nov 14, 20054 min read
What is a refugee? Art can explain
A semantic discussion took place in our national living room recently about the word “refugee.” While masses of people struggled to...
Nov 7, 20054 min read
Confronting breast cancer - personal and public stories
Betty Rollin is a journalist who has worked for the New York Times, PBS, and NBC. She's also a breast cancer survivor who wrote the...
Oct 17, 20053 min read
Salt Lake peace rally ends with people spouting hatred
Sept. 24, 12:15 p.m., 3,000 participants There’s a long, black wall of names on the City and County Building grounds. It enumerates the...
Oct 3, 20054 min read
Don't like military targeting kids? Opt out of recruiting
I don’t know where I was, maybe a street fair or a farmers' market, maybe an art gallery. I signed someone’s mailing list, and, a bit...
Sep 26, 20053 min read
An unlikely Rotarian looks at the club on its 100th
I never would have joined Rotary Club. I knew the group wasn't for me. In my mind, if I ever bothered to envision Rotary, especially...
Sep 26, 20053 min read
Rodeo teaches diversity appreciation, pardner
I like to imagine that I’m someone who appreciates diversity, someone who seeks to learn from the new, the different, the not-like-me. ...
Sep 5, 20053 min read
Shame on Sen. Hatch for his nutcake insult
Orrin Hatch called you a nutcake. OK, maybe he didn’t. But he might have said it about your kid’s civics teacher, your friend down the...
Aug 29, 20053 min read
Hiroshima warning: We all must work for peace
An author in his mid-60s, a noted nuclear weapons expert, came to town for a reading. Afterward we chatted and he wrote a nice...
Aug 8, 20054 min read
America: A nation as big and complex as the human spirit
Our country is complicated. You can tell yourself you're a true American if you patrol our borders in search of undocumented neighbors....
Jul 4, 20053 min read
Our lives become richer when public speakers share their stories
I watched several people tackle the famously scary realm of public speaking recently. They all have my respect. Some were kids new to...
Jun 13, 20054 min read
World poverty can be overcome through the actions of good people
I helped Nelson Mandela get out of prison. My efforts were a drop in the bucket, a drop in the ocean even, but along with millions of...
Jun 6, 20053 min read
They also serve who stand for peace
On Memorial Day, we honor people who have gone to perilous places with a strong commitment in their hearts. They risk danger and their...
May 30, 20054 min read