This past week Gov. Gary Herbert met with gay rights groups Equality Utah and Foundation for Reconciliation. The meeting came at the organizations’ request after Herbert stated that homosexuals should not receive the same legal protection as people get based on race, religion, or gender. Right now in the state of Utah, you can be [...]

The war in Afghanistan is not quite the Vietnam War, but there are some similarities that are worth considering, especially right now. Depending on some of the decisions that are going to be made in the near future, the Afghanistan occupation could become another long-term, unconventional conflict with no easy exit option, much like its [...]

Critics of health care reform, specifically of the public option, often point fingers at “socialized” countries and complain that they don’t want the government running their lives, both of which are logically unsound. Besides the fact that these “socialized” countries have better health care results for less money, opponents of real reform still refuse to [...]

Yesterday was the end of democracy in America. The President of the United States continued his mission of making the nation a socialist (if not fascist-communist) country, following the path of Hitler. At least that’s what you would think having listened to some of the parents outraged that the president was going to make an [...]

You might have heard about the possibility of health care reform coming this year. It has been mentioned a couple times in the news. When the health care debate does come up, there is a lot of exaggeration, hyperbole and facts being thrown around in all sorts of ways to back up individuals’ respective opinions. [...]

There’s a little too much love for Glenn Beck in Utah. I mean, I get it: He has an endearing story. He has overcome an addiction to alcohol and gone from a small radio program in Kentucky to CNN Headline News to the news source you can always count on, Fox News. He’s also very [...]

With the swearing in of Jon Huntsman, Jr., as U.S. Ambassador to China, the governorship of Utah is changing with Gary Herbert of Family City USA (Orem, Utah, for those of you not familiar with the token) is taking over. Even though both Huntsman and Herbert promised a smooth transition with the change, there are [...]

When I talk with people about foreign policy issues, some of their most common concerns deal with blood and treasure. After maintaining the conversation for awhile, I typically notice that what they are referring to are U.S. troop casualties (we just learned that July 2009 was the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since [...]