• Anne Applebaum: Losing the battle against propaganda

    In retrospect, the battle lines of the Cold War - the West, NATO and democracy on one side; the East, the Warsaw Pact and dictatorship on the other - seem obvious and inevitable. The outcome - the collapse of the U.S.S.R. - feels now as if it were preordained. But at many moments in the half-century that the Cold War lasted, the battle lines were far from clear and the ultimate outcome very much in doubt.Certainly in the immediate aftermath of World War II, when communist parties were still stro
  • Salt Lake City elementary school employs goats for gardening work

    A Salt Lake City elementary school has found a cheap, chemical-free way to clear weeds from a treacherous hillside: a team of hungry goats.For the third year in a row, a herd of goats is being used to landscape the tricky terrain at Washington Elementary School.Ordinarily, the 4 Leaf Ranch brings 100 to 200 goats to devour the overgrown vegetation. But ranch owner Greg Cover says because of other commitments, only 50 goats were available.The district loves to use the goats because it avoids usin
  • BYU football: Receiver Aleva Hifo hoping to learn from mistakes, setbacks in 2016

    Provo •  Much has been made in BYU preseason training camp about the Cougars’ inexperience at receiver.People tend to forget, however, that freshman Aleva Hifo got as many opportunities at the beginning of last season as now-departed seniors Nick Kurtz, Mitchell Juergens and Colby Pearson. But after catching four passes for 26 yards against West Virginia in the fourth game of the season, Hifo saw his playing time drastically reduced.“There were times in games where I had mi
  • Real Salt Lake searches for way to break down defensive game plans

    When Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke substituted striker Yura Movsisyan in for winger Jefferson Savarino on Saturday night, RSL shifted to an attack-oriented formation.Houston was down a man after Alex was sent off with two yellow cards in the 65th minute, and Real Salt Lake had to find a way to penetrate Houston’s defense.“The one thing I honestly didn’t project was Houston to come in a sit as deep in the way that they did and waste close to 7 or 8 minutes the whole
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  • [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz fans can get their revenge on Danny Ainge this Monday

    ... ped down in June. If they can get past where the money is going, disgruntled Jazz fans can potentially put the elder Ainge in the water in exchange for a camp ...
  • Utah Jazz fans can get their revenge on Danny Ainge this Monday

    Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge dealt a major blow to the Utah Jazz when he acquired All-Star Gordon Hayward. However, fans in Utah have a chance for revenge. It’s been several weeks since All-Star Gordon Hayward spurned the Utah Jazz to bolt for Beantown. Nevertheless, the #Betrayward sentiment is still running strong along the Wasatch Front. The […]
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  • Letter: Stewart should know that leaks are legal

    Rep. Chris Stewart, in defense of proposing yet another secrecy law, claims that there were 124 leaks in the first 125 days of the Trump administration, hoping that the public will believe the leaks were of classified information. They weren’t.There is no law against disclosure of unclassified information and there should not be. There is no good reason to punish disclosure of wars among Trump’s aides, or of plans to fire the special prosecutor. Stewart certainly offers none. Party b
  • Pence calls prospect of a 2020 presidential campaign ‘laughable and absurd’

    Washington • Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday sought to tamp down speculation that he is preparing for his own 2020 White House bid, characterizing the notion as “both laughable and absurd.”“My entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the president’s agenda and see him re-elected in 2020,” Pence said in the statement in which he praised President Donald Trump’s work on job creation, rebuilding the military and fighting terrorism.Th
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  • NFL: Jay Cutler postpones retirement, signs with Dolphins

    Davie, Fla. • Jay Cutler has decided to postpone retirement for the chance to be Ryan Tannehill’s replacement.Cutler agreed to terms Sunday on a contract with the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with the situation said. The person confirmed the agreement to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Dolphins weren’t expected to announce the deal until Cutler signed the $10 million, one-year deal.Cutler will compete with Matt Moore for a starting job while Tanne
  • 6-month-old girl dies at Utah nonprofit shelter

    Ogden • Utah emergency personnel responded to a cardiac arrest call. The victim of that call was a 6-month-old girl.Weber Area Dispatch says the call came about 10 a.m. Friday at the Lantern House community in Ogden.Lantern House Executive Director Jennifer Canter says staff at the nonprofit shelter was conducting routine room checks Friday morning and found the baby’s mother on the phone, distraught, with dispatch.The child was transported to the hospital, where the infant was pronou
  • 'We Love You, Sally Carmichael!' — set and filmed in Salt Lake City — is a pleasantly cute little comedy

    A writer struggles with fame — his and others’ — in “We Love You, Sally Carmichael!,” a pleasantly cute little comedy filmed in the Salt Lake City area.Former “Ugly Betty” and “Covert Affairs” co-star Christopher Gorham directs and stars as Simon Hayes, a Salt Lake City author who has tasted failure under his own name and success under someone else’s. His first serious novel sank without a trace, so then he wrote a young-adult romance n
  • Review: Al Gore is still fighting for the planet in ‘Inconvenient Sequel’

    Global climate change isn’t going to fix itself, so Al Gore is back in “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” to remind us of the continuing battles — and to also take comfort in some of the small victories.The new movie picks up where 2006’s “An Inconvenient Truth” leaves off, when Gore was presenting his “slideshow” (actually an Apple Keynote presentation) of the alarming facts and figures of climate change. Eleven years later, he has tak
  • Gregory Alan Isakov returns to Red Butte recharged

    Gregory Alan Isakov hasn’t considered hosting his own Woodstock Festival on his farm in Colorado, but he often has friends and fellow musicians over to jam. In his second visit to the Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre in under a year, Isakov will be able to take his private farm show on the road, playing alongside friends and fellow folk band Blind Pilot on Thursday, Aug. 10. Isakov spoke with The Tribune about the year gone by, including his live shows alongside several symphony orchestras, r
  • Prep girls’ soccer: Twin sisters power Woods Cross offense, defense

    It’s fair to say that Sara and Rachel Noel have gotten used to sharing things with each other.They share a birthday.They share physical features.They share food.And clothes.And shoes.They’ve also spent their lives sharing the same soccer fields, but only in this case do the usually inseparable twins get to break away from each other.“It’s quite the contrast,” Woods Cross girls’ soccer coach Dave Newman said. “You’ve got one sister whose sole intent
  • Tour of Utah: Late bloomer Kiel Reijnen gains confidence in taking Stage 5

    Bountiful • Stage 5 winner Kiel Reijnen overflowed with charisma and composure after the race. The mannerisms screamed of someone who has been around the sport for a long time.And he definitely has been.At 30, Reijnen, a late bloomer who recently signed with WorldTour team Trek-Segafredo, is just now hitting his stride as a cyclist. Opting for an unconventional, risky career route of racing domestically instead of climbing up the ranks on the European circuit, the Bainbridge Island, Wash.,
  • Missionary dies in Guatemala after contact with live electrical wire

    A 22-year-old missionary has died in Guatemala after she came in contact with a live electrical wire. Sister Heidi Andrea Ortega Huber died Saturday despite attempts by missionaries and first responders to resuscitate her, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spokesman Eric Hawkins said. Ortega was from the Santiago Chile Independencia Stake had been serving in the Guatemala City Central Mission since April 2016.“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones
  • Prep girls' soccer: Twin sisters power Woods Cross offense, defense

    It’s fair to say that Sara and Rachel Noel have gotten used to sharing things with each other.They share a birthday.They share physical features.They share food.And clothes.And shoes.They’ve also spent their lives sharing the same soccer fields, but only in this case do the usually inseparable twins get to break away from each other.“It’s quite the contrast,” Woods Cross girls’ soccer coach Dave Newman said. “You’ve got one sister whose sole intent
  • Letter: What Kim knows about Donald Trump

    Utahns should be concerned about the North Korean nuclear threat. In addition to this nuclear threat, Utahns should be concerned that the North Korean leader, Kim Young Un, may well listen to his advisers and, consequently, knows a great deal about President Trump.Kim may well know: That President Trump seldom listens to his own advisers. That the international reputation of the U.S. is at an all-time low. That the U.S. is more internally divided than at any other time in living memory. That Tr
  • Letter of the Week: The political crisis of gerrymandering

    Obviously there are several reasons underlying our present political crisis. One factor has not received much attention: congressional districts. What, you say? Yes, the 2010 redistricting.The gerrymandering that occurred after the 2010 census was more extreme than any previous redistricting. Some very smart Republicans raised a ton of money and put it into key state legislative races and into voter research using big data. While both parties have used redistricting in the past, this was gerrym
  • Real Salt Lake: RSL tasked with finding a way to disrupt defense-centered game plans

    When Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke substituted striker Yura Movsisyan in for winger Jefferson Savarino Saturday night, RSL shifted to an attack-oriented formation.Houston was down a man after Alex was sent off with two yellow cards in the 65th minute, and Real Salt Lake had to find a way to penetrate Houston’s defense.“The one thing I honestly didn’t project was Houston to come in a sit as deep in the way that they did and waste close to 7 or 8 minutes the whol
  • Utah football: Lowell Lotulelei looks to cement his own legacy in his senior season

    Lowell Lotulelei joined the Utah football program known as Star’s little brother. As he enters his senior season, he’s established himself as a big brother to a lot of his teammates.The 6-foot-2, 320-pound senior defensive tackle from South Jordan has the build of an on-field bully and the demeanor of a teddy bear off the field, particularly when he lets out his deep and disarming chuckle, teeth emerging from a dark, thick beard.He followed in enormous footsteps when he signed to pla
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  • Letter: Don't let Rocky Mountain Power gouge us

    Rocky Mountain Power’s dishonest attempt to gouge solar customers with an unreasonably high service fee and arbitrary demand charge is unfair.I live in Salt Lake City in a house that has solar panels on top of it. RMP has asked the Utah Public Service Commission if it can treat solar customers like me differently and drastically increase our electricity bills, but it does not have the research, data, or rationale to back up its proposal. Specifically, it did not study enough customers ove
  • Women’s Redrock Music Festival: ‘Come down to the desert and be a part of something really amazing’

    Torrey is a town of a little more than 200 people located a little more than 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, along State Route 24 in Wayne County.When the Women’s Redrock Music Festival takes place there this Friday and Saturday, it’ll draw an audience roughly two or three times Torrey’s population.But while 2017 will mark the festival’s 11th season, a great many Utahns still have never even heard of it.“Yeah, a lot of people don’t know about it,” ack
  • [Deadspin] - Reports: Clippers' Willie Reed Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge

    ... of an NBA player since the new CBA’s implementation. Jeff Withey of the Utah Jazz was accused of domestic violence back in April, but Manhattan Beach official ...
  • Summer program pays high school students cash to get a head start on classes

    Midvale • Ben Fuentes starts high school later this month — and he’s actually feeling confident.For the past six weeks, Fuentes and fellow soon-to-be freshmen at Hillcrest High School have spent their summer break completing preparatory courses in English, math, science and social studies — all while earning a little cash.
     ”I don’t want to feel too cocky or anything,” Fuentes says, ”but I feel like I’ll be able to pass. I’ll b
  • How do drug addicts fall to Rio Grande Street? It can be a quick trip, they say

    She used to be the lady next door. Now she’s strung out on Rio Grande Street.Old stereotypes of drug addicts are fading away as the pharmaceutical painkiller epidemic sweeps across all social strata in concert with sharply increased heroin trafficking.In 2014, almost a third of Utah adults, aged 18 and over, had been prescribed an opioid painkiller over a 12-month period, according to the Utah Department of Health. Data reveal that some 80 percent of heroin users started with prescription
  • Mayor Ben McAdams posed as a homeless person for 3 days and 2 nights. Here's what he saw.

    The first piece of advice he got was “Don’t take off your shoes.” The second, “Don’t go to the bathroom after dark.”Though Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams heeded both, it didn’t make him feel any less vulnerable. There was little that could as he settled in for a night at the downtown Road Home homeless shelter.When he climbed into bed — the top of a three-person bunk— with his sneakers still tightly laced to fend off would-be thieves, arg
  • Kirby: Dear missionary, read between the lines

    Editor’s note • Robert Kirby is recovering from rocket-related activities. This is a reprint of an earlier column.I just received a letter from an LDS missionary. Because he wants to continue being a missionary, and his mom might die of shame if his name turned up in one of my columns, I shall refer to him as Elder B.Elder B is serving the Lord in the East Buglick, Someplace Awful-South Mission. He seems to be the typical missionary, meaning that he loves the locals, wishes that
  • How did Salt Lake City’s homeless district get so bad and why can’t we fix it?

    The area around Pioneer Park and Rio Grande Street’s homeless shelter has long been a place to score illegal drugs. Crack cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol were the substances of choice until about 2013 or ’14. Then heroin swept in and amped up everything.It’s no longer a drug deal here and there. Now, drugs are passing hands nonstop, 24/7. It is not uncommon to see addicts shooting up in broad daylight.Residents and business owners complain of discarded needles, human waste
  • Commentary: The money Utah schools get from Koch foundation comes with no strings

    Going to college is a life-changing experience. I share former President Barack Obama’s desire to see college opportunities a reality for all young Americans who possess the required level of determination and grit.Who pays for the university experience of young individuals? Fortunately, we live in a region that is attracting an historic level of generous support from private donors who give of their financial resources to augment what families and taxpayers are sacrificing to educate the
  • Letter: Confessions to bishops put young people at risk

    It is time for legislation to prohibit ecclesiastical leaders from receiving “sexual related confessions.”I am LDS, and in recent years have been surprised when a bishop felt that it was warranted to publicly disclose information regarding sexual misconduct confessed by a child. Such shame and embarrassment, if publicly revealed, might even invite the child to take their own life.A child is open for coercion when adults with significant power and authority, coupled with powerful pers
  • Commentary: Medical cannabis opponents have irrational position

    Utahns have now become well-versed in the Legislature’s message to patients: Use opiates and risk death, or use medical cannabis and risk jail time, fines, or losing your children to state custody.Sick Utahns have courageously come forward in the past few years to share their stories. Some have spoken to the tremendous benefit cannabis has brought them when used legally in another state, or illegally here in Utah. Others merely express the hope to try. All of them have that right, even if
  • Commentary: Carbon threatens our state’s economy

    The recent Rocky Mountain Power proposal to increase net-metering fees on its solar customers is a drastic step in the wrong direction. People in Utah who are investing in solar are doing their part for air quality, the climate, and our recreation economy, but this recent proposal penalizes their efforts rather than rewards them.As a professional snowboarder, I’ve traveled the world to ride in iconic mountain landscapes, and on every trip, I have witnessed the impacts of climate change. Ho
  • Commentary: All taxpayers should be treated equally

    We’ve all experienced the annoyance of a single mosquito bite, but can you imagine 29 mosquitoes biting you at the same time? You don’t even know where to start swatting.That’s what it used to be like for centrally assessed businesses located in multiple counties. That’s what it will be like if the counties are again allowed to swarm Utah’s businesses. In an op-ed published in the Salt Lake Tribune on July 16th written by some county leaders, they buzzed incessantly
  • Commentary: Climate change places life in the West in danger

    This summer, Salt Lake City has already suffered a dozen days over 100 degrees with August still to come. This spate of hot, stagnant air has left us breathing ozone and fine soot that are twice the health limits set by the EPA.If you think this weather is nothing to worry about because it is atypical, think again. This summer is a preview of the new normal for Utah and the American Southwest.  Currently, Salt Lake City averages six 100-degree days per year. Climate scientists estimate that
  • Commentary: It’s time to close the Hogle Zoo. Permanently.

    The London Zoo was probably the first zoo opened to the public, in 1847, the same time Brigham Young arrived in our valley.At that time, a zoo made sense. People could barely imagine many wild animals. Photography was in its infancy and highly primitive. It was also highly cumbersome. To spur interest in zoology and animal preservation, it was logical to give people, including wealthy and influential people, in far off big cities a chance to see these animals up close.But things have, well, chan
  • Critics say syringe exchange ‘party packs’ enable drug use and add needles to the streets, while providers say they’re saving lives

    House Speaker Greg Hughes says he “laughed out loud” when Rep. Steve Eliason first broached the idea of handing out clean needles to drug addicts. It proved to be no joke.Eliason won over his fellow Republican and the others — save two state senators — with sources like the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. Syringe-exchange programs prevent diseases like HIV and hepatitis C, save taxpayer dollars, and are uniquely positioned to deliver treatme
  • SL Co. Mayor Ben McAdams posed as a homeless person for 3 days and 2 nights. Here's what he saw.

    The first piece of advice he got was “Don’t take off your shoes.” The second, “Don’t go to the bathroom after dark.”Though Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams heeded both, it didn’t make him feel any less vulnerable. There was little that could as he settled in for a night at the downtown Road Home homeless shelter.When he climbed into bed — the top of a three-person bunk— with his sneakers still tightly laced to fend off would-be thieves, arg
  • When a mining disaster struck Crandall Canyon 10 years ago, women held their community together

    Huntington • Ten years ago Sunday, Hilary Gordon had been mayor of this small coal-country town for just two weeks when the Crandall Canyon mine’s walls blew in.Six miners were left missing behind rubble that filled nearly half a mile of tunnels deep beneath the Wasatch Plateau in Emery County.While the almost exclusively male brotherhood of coal miners began trying to dig them out — a risky endeavor that ended up costing three more lives — Gordon was one of many women who
  • LaDainian Tomlinson steals the show at Hall of Fame ceremony

    Canton, Ohio • As he so often did on the field, LaDainian Tomlinson stole the show.With a powerful speech calling for “Team America” to be a place for inclusion and opportunity, the great running back of the San Diego Chargers was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night.The 2017 roster of entrants into the shrine was deeply impressive: fellow running back Terrell Davis; quarterback Kurt Warner; defensive end Jason Taylor; safety Kenny Easley; placekicker Mo
  • Salt Lake Bees fall to Colorado Springs 8-1 for third straight loss

    Following a script eerily similar to Friday’s contest, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox roughed up Bees starting pitcher Luis Diaz early, scoring three runs on four hits during the first two innings Saturday night. The onslaught continued in the sixth and eighth as Ivan De Jesus and Chris Colabello launched a pair of home runs.The Bees’ bats, on the other hand, were silenced by Colorado Springs starting pitcher Angel Ventura, who pitched a stellar six innings of shutout ball. A single ru
  • Op-ed: It’s time to close the Hogle Zoo. Permanently.

    The London Zoo was probably the first zoo opened to the public, in 1847, the same time Brigham Young arrived in our valley.At that time, a zoo made sense. People could barely imagine many wild animals. Photography was in its infancy and highly primitive. It was also highly cumbersome. To spur interest in zoology and animal preservation, it was logical to give people, including wealthy and influential people, in far off big cities a chance to see these animals up close.But things have, well, chan
  • Op-ed: Climate change places life in the West in danger

    This summer, Salt Lake City has already suffered a dozen days over 100 degrees with August still to come. This spate of hot, stagnant air has left us breathing ozone and fine soot that are twice the health limits set by the EPA.If you think this weather is nothing to worry about because it is atypical, think again. This summer is a preview of the new normal for Utah and the American Southwest.  Currently, Salt Lake City averages six 100-degree days per year. Climate scientists estimate that
  • Op-ed: All taxpayers should be treated equally

    We’ve all experienced the annoyance of a single mosquito bite, but can you imagine 29 mosquitoes biting you at the same time? You don’t even know where to start swatting.That’s what it used to be like for centrally assessed businesses located in multiple counties. That’s what it will be like if the counties are again allowed to swarm Utah’s businesses. In an op-ed published in the Salt Lake Tribune on July 16th written by some county leaders, they buzzed incessantly
  • Jennifer Rubin: Mueller's grand juries are a key milestone in Trump investigations

    Commentators who assert revelation of a grand jury in federal court in Washington to investigate possible criminal wrong-doing is no big deal have a point. Technically, this is just one more step in the prosecutorial process, allowing for testimony under oath and subpoenas for documents. We already knew this investigation was no “hoax” and was anything but “fake” when Robert S. Mueller III assembled an all-star cast of 16 lawyers. That’s indicative of a major, serio
  • Op-ed: Medical cannabis opponents have irrational position

    Utahns have now become well-versed in the Legislature’s message to patients: Use opiates and risk death, or use medical cannabis and risk jail time, fines, or losing your children to state custody.Sick Utahns have courageously come forward in the past few years to share their stories. Some have spoken to the tremendous benefit cannabis has brought them when used legally in another state, or illegally here in Utah. Others merely express the hope to try. All of them have that right, even if
  • Op-ed: Carbon threatens our state's economy

    The recent Rocky Mountain Power proposal to increase net-metering fees on its solar customers is a drastic step in the wrong direction. People in Utah who are investing in solar are doing their part for air quality, the climate, and our recreation economy, but this recent proposal penalizes their efforts rather than rewards them.As a professional snowboarder, I’ve traveled the world to ride in iconic mountain landscapes, and on every trip, I have witnessed the impacts of climate change. Ho
  • George F. Will: The GOP's Southern Gothic page-turner

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Southern Gothic is a literary genre and, occasionally, a political style that, like the genre, blends strangeness and irony. Consider the current primary campaign to pick the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions. It illuminates, however, not a regional peculiarity but a national perversity, that of the Republican Party.In 1985, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III — the name belongs in a steamy bodice-ripper, beach-read novel about Confedera
  • Utah teen dies during Boy Scout camping trip

    A teenager from Salem died Saturday during a Boy Scout camping trip in the High Uintas.The troop had been camped in the Chain Lakes area in Krebs Basin on Thursday when Douglas Jeffrey Julian, 17, told Scout leaders he had a headache and felt nauseated, according to a news release from the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office. Since he still felt ill on Friday, leaders decided to pack up camp early and planned to hike to the trailhead in Uinta Canyon on Saturday morning.Julian collapsed about

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