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Nov 14, 20054 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 7, 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...
Oct 17, 20053 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 3, 20054 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...
Sep 26, 20053 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 5, 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. ...
Aug 29, 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 8, 20054 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...
Jul 4, 20053 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....
Jun 13, 20054 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 6, 20053 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...
May 30, 20054 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 25, 20053 min read
Is the ‘intolerance boot’ now on the other foot?
Once, when I was maybe 20 years old, I was browsing at a jewelry counter. When I chose a bracelet, a delicate chain with a small clasp,...
Apr 25, 20054 min read
Reclaim your life, join the great television turnoff
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. -- Groucho Marx This...