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• Pence outlines U.S. Space Force plan for ‘next battlefield’

  09-08-2018 23:57
  Washington • Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020.The proposal taps into the American public's long fascination with space but with a military focus, and it faces daunting hurdles. It requires congressional approval and has been met with skepticism from military leaders and experts who question the wisdom of launching an
  
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• Column: NCAA needs real reform, not quick repair job

  09-08-2018 23:32
  The latest move by the NCAA to give athletes a few more rights highlights shows at least one thing about the people in charge of the cartel that runs college sports.They can move quickly when their golden goose is threatened.That became clear this week when the NCAA adopted new rules hurriedly put forward in the wake of the ongoing scandal in college basketball. The rules were recommended in April by a commission formed when the existence of an FBI probe into pay-to-play allegations surfaced. Th
  
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• Logan’s stray dogs will be sheltered in Brigham City after a fallout with Cache Humane Society

  09-08-2018 23:30
  Logan City leaders have reached an agreement with the Brigham City Police Department to house lost and stray dogs after negotiations broke down with Logan’s former animal impounding organization, the Cache Humane Society.Logan Mayor Holly Daines said the city signed an 11-month contract with Brigham City, which allows for the care of animals while the city pursues a long-term solution to its sheltering needs.“We really appreciate Brigham City’s help with this issue while we fig
  
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  09-08-2018 23:20 via twitter.com
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• [Deadspin] - That Time An **** Exam Scuttled The Sixers' Chances Of Signing Pete Maravich

  09-08-2018 23:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... s the 1979–80 season and Maravich was at the end of his pro career. The Utah Jazz waived him in January, and he was a free agent with a litany of aches and in ...
  
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• Meet the kittens: Utah’s Hogle Zoo introduces a new Amur leopard, a black-footed cat and five young Pallas cats

  09-08-2018 22:50
  At 3 months old, Jilin is still getting a feel for her new home.An Amur leopard born May 9, Jilin has been inside her new enclosure, in the Asian Highlands section of Utah’s Hogle Zoo, to get acclimated. But Thursday was her first official day living there, and she showed signs of curiosity and nervousness.“This is a big step for cats,” said Gina Phillips, an animal curator at the zoo. “They’re very suspicious by nature.”Here is video of Jilin, the new Amur le
  
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• Deadly aerial roundup ran Utah wild horses into barbed wire, watchdog group alleges

  09-08-2018 22:37
  A federal wild horse roundup in Utah’s West Desert is drawing fire after four injured horses were put down, and photos surfaced showing helicopter wranglers swooping down close to the galloping animals and allegedly running them into barbed wire fences.Photos shot Monday by an observer affiliated with the American Wild Horse Campaign depict one horse tumbling hard, hooves in the air, after striking a fence as a chopper hazed a band toward a trap according to the photographer, Steve Paige.&
  
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• BYUtv’s ‘Studio C’ is looking for funny people to replace current cast

  09-08-2018 22:01
  The show will go on for BYUtv’s popular sketch comedy “Studio C” — but it will be a somewhat different show come spring 2019. The original cast and writers are leaving at the end of Season 9, which begins in September; a new cast and new writers will take over for Season 10.“That was always the intent,” said writer/performer Matt Meese, who co-created the show and pitched the idea to BYUtv. “This is the natural evolution of it. I never thought, like, &ls
  
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• Where to avoid driving as the Tour of Utah bike race rolls into downtown Salt Lake City on Friday

  09-08-2018 21:58
  The Tour of Utah race will zip through downtown Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon — a bash for bicyclists and spectators but a possible commuter headache for drivers on four wheels.“Surely, there's going to be an impact on traffic,” said Salt Lake City police Det. Keith Horrocks.The 6.8-mile route starts and ends at 215 N. Main. It then loops around the state Capitol, down City Creek Canyon, through the Avenues and along South Temple. Riders will make 10 loops.Only Main Street
  
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• Nevada death-row inmate on legal delays: ‘Just get it done’

  09-08-2018 21:57
  Las Vegas • A Nevada death-row inmate whose execution has been postponed twice said a legal fight over the drugs to be used in his lethal injection is taking a tortuous toll on him and his family and he just wants his sentence carried out.The state should "just get it done, just do it effectively and stop fighting about it," Scott Raymond Dozier told The Associated Press on Wednesday."I want to be really clear about this. This is my wish," Dozier said in a brief telephone call from Ely Stat
  
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• Receiver Dylan Collie is back at BYU after a Mormon church mission and three seasons at Hawaii. He’s determined to write a positive ending for his second stint with Cougars.

  09-08-2018 21:51
  Provo • Stifling mid-August heat and near-suffocating smoke from nearby forest fires made it difficult to be outside Wednesday on BYU’s campus, let alone see the 'Y' on the mountain a short distance away.But fifth-year senior receiver Dylan Collie said there was no other place he would rather be.That’s saying something, considering the 24-year-old from El Dorado Hills, Calif., actually made the choice last spring to leave the beautiful island of Oahu and a starting position on t
  
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• Leonard Pitts: The octogenarian who lied Emmett Till to death is an icon of our failure

  09-08-2018 21:00
  "Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him."So says Carolyn Bryant Donham in historian Timothy B. Tyson's 2017 book, "The Blood of Emmett Till." You keep hoping for more, hoping to hear her wrestle with her crime, explain how she could have done what she did — and how she lives with herself now.But in the end, the admission is all she gives, the only glimpse you get into how she views her role in one of history's signature atrocities, the brutal lynching of a 14-year-old
  
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• Person dead at site of West Valley City house fire; gunshots were reported in the area

  09-08-2018 20:50
  One person is dead in West Valley City after a house fire, and police are investigating whether reports of gunfire in the area are related.Police had released little information at noon Thursday. “We’re dealing with a very dynamic situation,” said West Valley City police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku.Fire crews were called to a house fire at 4112 Wendy Ave. in West Valley City. Police also received reports of shots fired in the same area, Vainuku said.On the scene, she said, a b
  
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• After he was Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ police officer says he worked for ‘a--holes’ in Utah

  09-08-2018 20:24
  When Ron Stallworth is asked about his time as a police officer in Utah, he doesn’t begin with the anti-gang unit he helped form or the way he turned himself into an authority on rap lyrics.No, the 65-year-old Stallworth wants to talk about the time his bosses at the Utah Department of Public Safety tried to fire him.“I worked for some a--holes at the DPS,” Stallworth told The Salt Lake Tribune. “I basically came to work everyday hating the place.”The phone intervie
  
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• Dana Milbank: Trump, down three touchdowns at halftime, declares victory

  09-08-2018 20:17
  Washington • This is a grim moment for President Trump and his fellow Republicans.A Trump-boosting Republican member of Congress has been indicted on charges of insider trading — from the White House, no less. Trump's former campaign chairman and another former aide are squabbling in court over who is the bigger criminal. And in a closely watched special congressional race in Ohio — a seat Republicans have held for 35 years in a district Trump won by 11 points and Mitt Romney by
  
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• Which schedule announcement has you the most amped? Poll presented by @Qualtrics 📊

  09-08-2018 19:48 via twitter.com
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• Chapter Two for Ute offensive coordinator Troy Taylor: Less thinking, more performing

  09-08-2018 19:48
  A decade or so ago, when publishing executive Freddie Whittingham figured he would help his daughter earn extra credit in her high school civics class by making a career-day presentation in northern California, he never could have known he someday would be working for the teacher.He just knew Troy Taylor was hitting him with some interesting questions, not the kind of stuff an average football fan would ask.Now that Taylor is Utah’s offensive coordinator and Whittingham is the tight ends c
  
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• Tony Finau struggles in first round of PGA Championship, posting a 74.

  09-08-2018 19:27
  Tony Finau's Ryder Cup audition went poorly Thursday. The Lehi resident shot a 4-over-par 74 in the first round of the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, while playing alongside U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk.Finau had finished in the top 10 in each of this season previous three major tournaments, but he will need a remarkable recovery to make the 36-hole cut Friday. Craig Hocknull, Glenwild Golf Club's director of instruction, played solidly until bogeying No. 18. Hocknu
  
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• Puerto Rico cites storm death toll of 1,427 in damage report

  09-08-2018 19:11
  San Juan, Puerto Rico • Puerto Rico is now estimating that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64, in a report to Congress seeking billions to help the island recover from the devastating storm.The government, relying on updated statistics it first reported in June, said there were 1,427 more deaths from September to December 2017 than the average for the same time period over the previous four years.In a report to Congress detailing a $13
  
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• Riding the new Provo-Orem bus rapid transit line will be free for three years thanks to a federal grant

  09-08-2018 19:09
  As the new Utah Valley Express (UVX) bus-rapid transit begins service Monday on its 10.5-mile route through Provo and Orem, the price will be right: free.And it will remain free for everyone for at least the next three years, thanks to a Federal Highway Administration Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement grant, the Utah Transit Authority announced.The new line is opening nine months ahead of its original schedule to accommodate BYU and Utah Valley University students as they begin t
  
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• A little hardware update 🏆 Via @rudygobert27 insta https://t.co/lkt8slizGG

  09-08-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  
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• It’s 2018. This Utah 21-year-old wants to know where your 1970s Gunne Sax dress is.

  09-08-2018 18:34
  Reaching into the dead woman’s closet, Shivani Lindmeir pulled out a blood-orange three-piece outfit with a fur collar.“Wow, that looks very retro,” said an elderly man passing through the room, on his own search for orphaned treasures at the Olympus Cove estate sale. “I think you need the right boots for it,” he added, suggesting 1960s go-go style.Lindmeir, 21, smiled. “I think I could make that happen.”Lindmeir and her mother, Nancy, run The Thrill of
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Make America Asbestos Again

  09-08-2018 18:09
  One of them wants to come to your country legally, work a job, contribute and eventually become a citizen. The other ... is asbestos.Guess which one President Trump has, historically, been vocally in favor of, and which one Trump's administration is about to emit guidelines to discourage as much as it can? No, you do not need to guess. It is the Trump administration, and obviously its attitude is "LEGAL IMMIGRANTS are the real danger here. Give us more asbestos, please."That's right. Not only ha
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Are the Utah Jazz cool?

  09-08-2018 18:06 via sportspyder.com
  ...heads should be . Spida has brought truckloads of national attention to the Jazz franchise in the single year that he has been a part of it. His incredible b ...
  
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  09-08-2018 18:06 via twitter.com
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• Locals well-represented on Polynesian College Football Player of the Year watch list

  09-08-2018 18:01
  Four Cougars, three Utes and two Aggies have been named to the watch list for the 2018 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award, the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame announced Thursday.The award is given annually to the Polynesian college football player who epitomizes great ability and integrity. The list is comprised of 50 players from 34 different schools.Defensive lineman Corbin Kaufusi, linebackers Butch Pau’u and Sione Takitaki and tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau made the
  
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• Tribune withdraws from Sinclair merger, saying it will sue for ‘breach of contract’

  09-08-2018 17:54
  Tribune Media said Thursday that it would withdraw from its proposed merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, while announcing a $1 billion lawsuit against Sinclair over its failed negotiations with federal regulators over the deal.The breakdown of the deal reflects a reversal of fortunes for Sinclair, which had announced the $3.9 billion tie-up last year as a "transformational" event and the biggest acquisition in its history.But the merger began to stumble last month after Federal Communications
  
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• After the Humane Society asked for more money to become a no-kill shelter, a northern Utah city is contracting with the police to temporarily house stray animals

  09-08-2018 17:50
  Logan • City officials in northern Utah say they’ll meet with residents concerned about animal welfare after a split with the local humane society left the city of Logan without an animal shelter.The Herald Journal reports a crowd of about 30 people came to a Tuesday city council meeting to voice frustration and concern.Resident David James says he's worried about the possibility that a loose dog could be killed if there's no place to house it.Police Chief Gary Jensen says the city ha
  
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• Utahns near Hill AFB will see and hear more flight activity as the base hosts training exercises for aircraft from other bases

  09-08-2018 17:33
  Hill Air Force Base officials say northern Utah residents can expect increased flight activity at the base near Ogden into late August as aircraft from units based at Hill and elsewhere participate in two training exercises.Aircraft participating in the exercises include F35s from Hill, F-15s from Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho and F-16s from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida.Officials say one exercise will evaluate the performance of air-to-ground
  
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• Coal Hollow Fire in Utah County grows to more than 17,000 acres overnight, with flames rising to 500 feet

  09-08-2018 17:31
  The Coal Hollow Fire has grown rapidly in the near-perfect fire conditions in southeastern Utah County, nearly tripling in size over the course of the day Wednesday, and then more than doubling that by Thursday morning.Officials believe the fire, burning in a rural area about 11 miles northwest of Price, has covered about 17,200 acres, according to information from the U.S. Forest Service.A lightning strike sparked the fire Saturday, and it had been growing steadily but slowly until Wednesday, w
  
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• Mitt Romney says the government should do more to prevent and respond to wildfires caused by ‘climate realities.’ His Democratic opponent says he’s missing the point.

  09-08-2018 16:55
  As wildfires tear through much of the West, Senate candidate Mitt Romney sees an “unarguable” failure by government to do its main job: secure life, liberty and property.In an essay posted on Romney’s campaign website, the former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate argues for greater investment in fire-prevention programs — including controlled burns and logging operations to thin forests and remove dead timber — and the buildup of regional response hu
  
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• American Fork’s Chase Roberts is blowing up in recruiting circles, but he’s still committed to BYU ... so far

  09-08-2018 15:55
  American Fork • Chase Roberts didn’t cause much of a stir when he committed to play football for BYU in June of 2017, partly because he had only completed his sophomore year at American Fork High as a standout basketball and football player.But the lack of hype could also be attributed to familiarity. Roberts appeared to be one of those local products with no other offers that BYU always seems to get.Well, things have changed.Roberts is “blowing up” in national recruiting
  
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• Skyridge center Logan Sagapolu’s stock is rising, but amid the attention, remains focused on what’s in front of him

  09-08-2018 15:53
  Lehi • Like a true center, Logan Sagapolu’s right hand is bloodied after a steamy early morning practice. And like a true offensive lineman, it takes him nearly 10 minutes to notice it.Such things happen. But if you show up to Skyridge High, it’s easy to find No. 77, the 6-foot-4, 340-pounder who enters his senior year as one of the most highly-regarded recruits in Utah.These next few months, however, will be more intense than the last.He’s ranked as the top offensive line
  
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• Holly Richardson: If I fail at TEDx, at least I’ll fail while daring greatly

  09-08-2018 15:53
  In 1984, Richard Saul Wurman saw a convergence of technology, entertainment and design and decided to work with Harry Marks and host the first TED conference. That year, technical marvels included a demo of the compact disc, digital books and 3-D graphics. It was, perhaps, a bit too avant-garde and the event lost money. This time, the idea stuck and TED continues to host an annual conference.TED — and its popular little brother, TEDx — are best known as a series of short, powerful ta
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Red wave or blue? GOP debates the Trump effect. Utah’s Senate candidates debate wildfires. And Utah wants to buy the downtown homeless shelter.

  09-08-2018 15:37
  What effect will the president have on his party’s chances at holding the House and Senate in the November election? Mitt Romney and Jenny Wilson disagree over what’s causing catastrophic wildfires. The state may be in for a surprise in a bid to buy the downtown homeless shelter. And columnist Robert Gehrke calls for charges against a San Juan County clerk.Happy Thursday.Tuesday’s election results set off debates over whether Trump was a drag on the party’s chances at win
  
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• Letter: Zero population growth is a solution worth considering

  09-08-2018 15:00
  Population growth is becoming an ever-increasing factor in the way that cities plan and seek funding for education, housing, conservation of natural resources, land management and infrastructure. Some would argue that it is the single most important issue that shapes our future. Others accept uncontrolled growth as a sort of predestined fact of life that is out of our control as a species.It is something to be dealt with by making adjustments to how we live our lives. For example, the shortage o
  
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• Letter: Utah’s leaders fiddle around while our planet burns

  09-08-2018 15:00
  Nero fiddled while Rome burned, or so goes the legend.Our elected officials remind me of Nero. They may not fiddle, but they are oblivious to global catastrophes. And they literally want to put “oil on the fire.” On July 30, The Tribune announced renewed oil and gas leasing in Utah; coal is also being revived. Why don’t our elected officials care that burning fossil fuels will increase our climate dangers?Fossil fuels have sequestered carbon for millions of years. In the 1800s,
  
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• Letter: Tribune’s Mormon coverage is pushing away LDS and non-LDS readers

  09-08-2018 15:00
  Lately, I’m having a difficult time figuring out if I’m receiving the right newspaper. I’m sure I’m not alone in getting extremely tired of seeing all the LDS-themed stories taking up so much of the front page of The Trib. Last Sunday was no exception, with fully the entire front page and four of the first section’s 10 pages about FLDS girls marrying, and a woman being thrown out of BYU-Idaho. If the plan is to attract more LDS readers, it’s apparently having
  
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• Letter: Tribune devastated cyclist’s family by sharing photo and video from fatal ride

  09-08-2018 15:00
  I am disgusted and heartbroken like Ruth Stevens (Aug. 1) by the picture on the front page of the Utah section of Cameron Hooyer, seconds before he was killed by a train. As if that wasn’t bad enough, you put the video online. I’m only a family friend and I cannot bear to watch it. Can you imagine how it affects the people who loved Cameron, a young man with a bright future? How could you devastate his family again?Who makes those decisions at the Tribune? They need to learn compassi
  
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• Letter: The Tribune no longer meets our information needs

  09-08-2018 15:00
  It worked! The Tribune has successfully imitated the process established by passenger trains a generation ago: It is killing its own subscriber base. Due to increasingly alienating editorial positions, even in news articles, undependable service and diminished content, we are joining the rest of our friends and family and turning to the internet. Sadly, we won’t be following The Tribune. There are better sources, even for local Utah news. That’s too bad, because we have relied on The
  
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• Letter: Rolling back air standards is bad for Utahns’ health

  09-08-2018 15:00
  Unfortunately, the recently announced White House plan to roll back federal clean car standards is bad for Utah’s air quality, public health and the best interests of consumers. Utah is a nonattainment state for air pollution. Vehicle emissions are the single largest contributor to our air quality problems and resulting adverse and costly health impacts. Federal clean car standards reduce millions of tons of carbon emissions and save Americans millions of dollars from fuel efficiency. They
  
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• Letter: Let’s conserve Utah’s water before grabbing more

  09-08-2018 15:00
  Before spending a couple of billion dollars on a pipeline or grabbing water from aquifers anywhere else in the state of Utah, there should be a requirement that the water authority agencies for St. George and all of Utah first develop a “toilet to tap” water reclamation system. There is such a system in San Diego, Bill Gates funded a small prototype in the Seattle area and such a system has been in use in Africa for decades. Given the enormous projected growth of the population in Ut
  
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• Letter: Get e-scooters off Utah sidewalks and onto the playgrounds where they belong

  09-08-2018 15:00
  As a frequent downtown pedestrian of an advanced age, I view with alarm the friendly coverage this newspaper has given to the menace of motorized e-scooters on our sidewalks. Silent, and potentially deadly, these nasty little two-wheelers come up quickly from behind, passing unsuspecting walkers without warning, zigzagging around the infirm, mothers with baby strollers, innocent children and the elderly. Of course, the lazy e-scooter riders are afraid to drive their vehicles among moving automob
  
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• Letter: Employers like the NFL have the right to make rules

  09-08-2018 15:00
  I am responding to the op-ed by Mike Bailey regarding the need for Democrats to speak up for NFL protesters.We live in a free country, and freedom of speech is a fundamental right. Part of our freedom is the right to seek gainful employment wherever we choose and the right of employers to set (reasonable) terms for such employment.An NFL team is an employer, just as is Delta Air Lines or any other company. As such, it has the right to set terms for conduct in the workplace. Imagine how an airlin
  
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• George Pyle: What Mia Love doesn’t understand about how newspapers work

  09-08-2018 15:00
  This is the editorial page of The Salt Lake Tribune.I am the editorial page editor of The Salt Lake Tribune.This is not an editorial.This is a column, or a commentary or, if you want to sound all hip, jargonish and New York Timesy about it, an op-ed.An editorial, by definition, is an essay expressing the official view of a newspaper, as arrived at by its publisher and/or editorial board. There is no byline, no named author, because it isn’t officially the view of any one human, but of the
  
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• Commentary: There were plenty of times that Ryan could have said no to Trump

  09-08-2018 15:00
  In March, I wrote the following about House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.:"Of course a GOP legislative leader would be expected to work closely with a GOP president. The degree to which Ryan has prostrated himself to the cause of ... what, exactly? A unified GOP caucus? A president who articulates positions on immigration, trade, foreign policy, that are at variance with Ryan? A president whose rhetoric debased the national discourse on a daily basis?"Why, exactly, is Paul D. Ryan being so quiet? W
  
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• Commentary: Alex Jones loses his empire — but not because he’s a liar

  09-08-2018 15:00
  “As the poem goes, you know,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, “first they came for Alex Jones ...”That is, of course, not how the poem goes. In an irony to end all ironies, Cruz was using the oft-invoked verse about the Holocaust to defend an anti-Semitic conspiracy-monger. But the senator's words do throw into relief the reasoning of those distressed that Facebook and many other platforms removed Infowars from their sites beginning late Sunday: These critics worry about a s
  
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• Clive Crook: Brexiteers are their own worst enemy

  09-08-2018 15:00
  As the Brexit shambles rolls on, I've been puzzled by the hostility of Brexiteers to the proposal that Theresa May is trying to sell at home and to the European Union. A weird domestic alliance of hardline Leavers and zealous Remainers could block May's plans, regardless of how the EU responds — and the result might well be a no-deal Brexit.Dedicated Leavers might ask, "And what would be wrong with that?" The answer, as they ought to see it, is simple. A with-deal Brexit would be harder to
  
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• Minor-party hopeful brings cash to race with Utah congressman

  09-08-2018 08:41
  Salt Lake City • A candidate for a new, moderate minor party is bringing a trove of cash and a little Mormon humor to a northern Utah congressional race against a longtime Republican incumbent.Businessman Eric Eliason is facing an uphill climb in the three-way race to unseat eight-term U.S. Rep. Bob Bishop in a heavily Republican district, but he could be bolstered by anxiety some voters feel about President Donald Trump as well as partisan wrangling in Washington.He’s one of more tha
  
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• Senior Tanner Mangum and freshman Zach Wilson at the forefront in BYU’s starting quarterback derby

  09-08-2018 07:06
  Provo • Lost in the speculation regarding who will be BYU’s starting quarterback on Sept. 1 when the Cougars open the season at Arizona is the feeling from coaches that the group overall is one of the deepest in recent memory.“We’ve got some guys at that spot we can win with,” offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes said at Media Day.It appeared to be a four-man race when the Cougars broke spring camp back in April — and it still is, with a twist.Freshman Jaren Hall,
  
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