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• Letter: Where have all the statesmen gone?

  25-12-2020 23:30
  
  As a resident of Davis or Salt Lake County since age 7, I read local newspapers, watched TV news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC and university TV), learned about our politicians, and believed we had honorable men making concerted attempts to cooperate, compromise and collaborate with others to bring about and create laws, policies, etc. for all.I remember names like James Hansen, Jim Matheson, K. Gunn McKay, Wayne Owens, Frank Moss, both Wallace and Robert Bennett, and Jake Garn.I became aware of polit
  
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• Razing of historic mansion in Holladay sparks debate on Utah history, preservation

  25-12-2020 23:20
  
  An extravagant Holladay mansion with more than 120 years of history has been razed by the eccentric son of a Utah billionaire.The grand villa, called “Glenwood,” was built in 1895 by Matthew Walker, one of four brothers who came to Utah as Mormon pioneers and quickly rose to prominence as businessmen and bankers, later clashing with Brigham Young and becoming a ‘gentile’ counterbalance to the power of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah. The Walker Cen
  
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• Anti-maskers who cited Book of Mormon and Constitution drop suit against Utah Gov. Gary Herbert

  25-12-2020 22:43
  
  A group of Utah parents who sued to end Gov. Gary Herbert’s executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic asked a judge to dismiss their case last week.The plaintiffs had used the Book of Mormon, the Utah Constitution and the U.S. Constitution to argue that they hold the freedom to care for and manage their children, and that “government must not support any action in opposition to the desires of a parent.” After the original group of eight parents filed their lawsuit on Se
  
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• Bob Rees and Clifton Jolley: The winter of Trump’s discontent

  25-12-2020 22:30
  
  “When a condition or a problem becomes too great … it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and … a compulsion to get something — anything — before it is all gone.”― John Steinbeck, “The Winter of Our Discontent”Although Donald Trump has always been a doppelganger for Ethan Allen Hawley — the protagonist of John Steinbeck’s last novel, “The Winter of Our Discont
  
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• Ryan Smith still in running to buy RSL, but he could have competition

  25-12-2020 21:05
  
  The new year is approaching quickly, and that is good news for a Real Salt Lake organization that’s in the middle of searching for new ownership.Dell Loy Hansen has been trying to sell Utah Soccer Holdings since late August. The limited liability company consists of RSL, the Utah Royals and the Real Monarchs, plus Rio Tinto Stadium and the sprawling training facility in Herriman that also has a stadium.So far, Hansen has been able to sell the Royals, which relocated to Kansas City. Part of
  
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• Police: Explosion in Nashville believed to be ‘intentional’

  25-12-2020 18:10
  
  Nashville, Tenn. • An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people. Authorities said they believed the blast was intentional. The FBI is leading the investigation.Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said police responded to a call of shots fired just before 6 a.m. but found no immediate signs of a shooting, although officers noticed a suspicious vehicle and calle
  
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• Police searching for suspect after fatal Christmas morning shooting in Riverdale

  25-12-2020 17:59
  
  A shooting killed a Riverdale man and left his girlfriend seriously injured early Christmas morning.Police went to a mobile home park at 5100 S. 1050 West in Riverdale after receiving a report of shots fired at 3:20 a.m. Friday. The officers found two critically injured victims, a male and female, who, Police Chief Scott Brenkman said, were in a romantic relationship. Both victims were transported to a hospital, where the 36-year-old man died of his injuries.“We’re still trying to fi
  
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• GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

  25-12-2020 17:37
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump’s sudden demand for $2,000 checks for most Americans was swiftly rejected by House Republicans on Thursday as his haphazard actions throw a massive COVID relief and government funding bill into chaos.The rare Christmas Eve session of the House lasted just minutes, with help for millions of Americans awaiting Trump’s signature on the bill. Unemployment benefits, eviction protections and other emergency aid, including smaller $600 checks, are at
  
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• Robintino’s launches takeout shop in Murray

  25-12-2020 16:59
  
  A year after rescuing the Robintino’s restaurant in Bountiful, owners William and Tali Bruce are expanding the popular Italian brand into Salt Lake County.On Dec. 26, a new Robintino’s takeout shop will open at 926 E. 5600 South in Murray. The scaled-down menu is available for pickup and delivery, and includes pizza, lasagna and the signature breadsticks as well as new items such as macaroni and cheese and funeral potatoes.The concept was born out of the pandemic, said Tali Bruce. Th
  
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• Michelle Goldberg: Trump’s most disgusting pardons

  25-12-2020 16:59
  
  The youngest victim of the 2007 massacre in Baghdad’s Nisour Square, committed by Blackwater mercenaries whom Donald Trump pardoned Tuesday, was a 9-year-old boy named Ali Kinani.In a 2010 documentary, journalist Jeremy Scahill interviewed Ali’s father, Mohammed Hafedh Abdulrazzaq Kinani, who spoke of how he’d welcomed the U.S. invasion of his country and brought along his son to greet U.S. soldiers. “The first day the American Army entered Baghdad, I handed out juice and
  
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• Brodi Ashton: I rewrote your favorite Christmas song with 2020 in mind. Enjoy.

  25-12-2020 16:59
  
  The other day I was feeling a little under the weather, and so I started texting my mom. She worries about me, so I have to warn her if I’m taking a nap. That way, if she calls, and I don’t answer, she won’t dial 911. Ah, mom, causing headaches in my life since 1975.Anyway, I told her that before I took a nap, I would share with her my new Christmas song lyrics, ones I hoped would reflect our general feelings toward 2020.Foreheads roasting on an open fireRonavirus nipping at yo
  
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• The Salt Lake Tribune’s complete list of Utahns of the Year from Karl Malone to Elizabeth Smart to Mormons Building Bridges and Mitt Romney

  25-12-2020 16:00
  
  2020 • Health care workers.2019 • Utah Jazz owner and philanthropist Gail Miller.2018 • Former North Ogden Mayor and fallen soldier Brent Taylor.2017 • Longtime U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch.2016 • Madi Barney, who brought attention to how Brigham Young University was handling reports of sexual assaults.2015 • Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes.2014 • Same-sex marriage plaintiffs.2013 • Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.2012 • Mormons Building Bridges.2
  
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• Salt Lake Tribune readers make a surprising pick for Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2020 16:00
  
  In a year that brought a global pandemic, police protests, an earthquake and major elections, Salt Lake Tribune readers chose former Salt Lake City police officer and Utah Business Revival leader Eric Moutsos as the Utahn of the Year.The Tribune’s unscientific reader poll drew more than 5,000 responses as of Thursday afternoon, with Moutsos receiving the top share of votes, at 51%. Moutsos led protests in 2020 against public health efforts implemented to control the spread of COVID-19, inc
  
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• This hollowed-out Utah cavern will hold millions of barrels of gasoline. Some question if it is safe.

  25-12-2020 15:00
  
  Some 3,000 feet under Millard County lies a massive dome of salt, two miles across and a mile thick, that is becoming a major pivot point in Utah’s energy future.Owned by the state, the dome is seen as an ideal geological formation for holding liquid fuels, both fossil and renewable. Early next year, a propane-storage facility known as Sawtooth Caverns will begin accepting refined petroleum-based products, such as diesel, gasoline and jet fuel, in a move to help balance supply with fluctua
  
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• Robert Kirby: Sometimes, the best Christmas presents are the ones we didn’t ask for

  25-12-2020 15:00
  
  Merry Christmas. I just finished watching my grandkids tear open their presents. It didn’t take long. Cash was king.Most of the older ones wanted money in the form of gift cards, so they could buy what they liked instead of pretending to be happy about what they got.I get it. If you’re 16, what would you rather get for Christmas: a pair of designer pajamas or $50 cash?So, unless you really plan, Christmas morning will be a crapshoot. Maybe you got your loved ones what they wanted, an
  
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• Two Utah natives talk about working on Pixar’s ‘Soul’

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  For every character in a Pixar movie — like Joe Gardner, a jazz pianist and music teacher in the company’s latest, “Soul” — a lot of people are involved in their creation.At least two of the people who brought Joe to life are from Utah.“It’s very collaborative,” said Matt Majers, a Salt Lake City native and Cottonwood High School alum whose work at Pixar goes back to “Finding Nemo” in 2003. “I imagine Joe was touched by 60 or 70 p
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ looks great, but it’s kind of empty

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  Netflix’s big Christmas gift to us is “Bridgerton,” and all eight episodes of the costume soap opera start streaming on Friday.Certainly, it’s a beautifully wrapped present. Set in the early 19th century, it’s a fantasy of opulent sets and dazzling outfits worn by gorgeous people.But when you open the package and check out what’s inside, it’s sort of disappointing. Oh, it’s fun for a while. But it’s like one of those toys that kids play with
  
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• Ross Douthat: A middle-aged Christmas in America

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  Marching toward middle age is sequence of older-than moments, when you realize that you’ve passed some famous age that seemed impossibly distant as a child. First you pass the prodigies: Older than William Pitt the Younger when he became prime minister, older than Donna Tartt when she published “The Secret History,” older than Alexander the Great when he conquered Persia. Then come the athletes: When you reach your later 30s, you realize that if you had actually become a baseba
  
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• Review: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is a dismal step backward for DC’s iconic superheroine

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  As bold and exciting as Patty Jenkins’ 2017 superhero adventure “Wonder Woman” was, her sequel, “Wonder Woman 1984” (or simply “WW84”) is a drab disappointment.Gal Gadot returns as the Amazonian warrior turned all-American hero, disguised by day as Diana Prince, working a day job in Washington, D.C., as a researcher of antiquities at the Smithsonian Institution in 1984. Diana also thwarts the occasional crime, like the shopping mall heist in which Gadot&
  
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• Review: Pixar’s ‘Soul’ is a warmly surreal look into what makes humans who we are

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  The latest film from Pixar, “Soul,” is a witty, warm and music-focused story about a jazzman learning the secrets of how the creative spirit works.It also confirms director Pete Docter as perhaps the greatest surrealist filmmaker since the Japanese legend Hayao Miyazaki.Docter has always been the most conceptual of Pixar’s directors, able to ask a simple existential question and turn it into a funny, emotional and vibrant movie. What’s so scary in the closet? “Monst
  
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• A year full of American rancor, with a dash of Utah Nice

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  In one of the most corrosive presidential campaigns in recent American history, Utah’s top candidates for governor made a television commercial together. It wasn’t your typical political ad.On one side of the screen was Chris Peterson, the Democratic candidate, an affable man looking earnestly into the camera. On the other was Spencer Cox, his Republican opponent, with a similar expression.They cheerfully acknowledged that they disagree on many things, but then added something unusua
  
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• 8 places in Utah to get soups to go this winter

  25-12-2020 14:00
  
  Is there anything as satisfying in winter as a bowl of soup?Soup, for the most part, is simple and quick to make, easy to reheat, hearty, and, best of all, hot, hot, hot. It’s also one of the best grab-and-go options since it holds up so well in various forms and temperatures.At Pho Tay Ho, co-owners Hoang “Mama” Mai and her daughter Michelle Nguyen have figured out the best way to package the pho so it tastes just as fresh when a customer arrives home as it would at the restau
  
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• Letter: The road to atrocities

  25-12-2020 13:00
  
  Our delusional president, Trump, is becoming more and more desperate in his efforts to hold onto power.It has been reported that one idea under consideration was declaring martial law and ordering our military to hold elections in key states he lost last November.As he consolidates his support among conspiracy theorists and right wing, anti-government extremists who advocate violence, we would all do well to heed the words of Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make
  
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• Health care workers are the 2020 Utahns of the Year

  25-12-2020 08:00
  
  An emergency alliance of Utah’s nurses, physicians, assistants, therapists, EMTs, technicians, food service workers and housekeeping staff has spent the past nine months together under constant siege, in an unrelenting battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Not for their benefit, but for ours.As the vanguard of the battle against the pandemic, the front-line health care workers of our state are The Salt Lake Tribune’s 2020 Utahns of the Year.Some of us deeply appreciate not only the e
  
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• Police arrest son of woman shot to death in Springville

  25-12-2020 04:15
  
  Police have arrested the 23-year-old son of a woman shot to death Wednesday in Springville, accusing him of firing a shotgun at her while they sat at the kitchen table.Police went to a home near 900 South and 1000 East after one of Victoria Ramirez’s daughters called to report the shooting, according to a probable cause statement. Police found the 43-year-old dead in the home.Officers found the alleged shooter in a downstairs bathtub with a shotgun. He was acting “unresponsive,&rdquo
  
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• Heisman finalists: Tide teammates plus Lawrence and Trask

  25-12-2020 02:39
  
  Alabama teammates Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith along with Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Florida’s Kyle Trask have been named finalists for the Heisman Trophy.The Heisman will be awarded Jan. 5 during a virtual ceremony. The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the usual trip to New York for the trophy presentation that comes with being a finalist.Jones and Smith are the eighth set of teammates to be finalists together since the tradition started in 1982. Smith is trying to
  
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• Biden firm on uranium-mining ban around ‘jewel’ of the Grand Canyon

  25-12-2020 02:08
  
  Washington • For four years, the Trump administration took steps to boost uranium mining for what it called national security reasons, a move environmentalists saw as an attempt to open the door to mining near the Grand Canyon.President-elect Joe Biden may be ready to shut that door for good.“I can’t believe I have to say this, but we can’t let Donald Trump open up the Grand Canyon for uranium mining,” Biden tweeted in August, after a Trump administration task force
  
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• Letter: Dr. Dunn should be Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2020 02:00
  
  As we reach the end of this unusual and chaotic year, it is appropriate to send a final thank you to all the front-line medical professionals who have been so important and helpful during the stress of this pandemic. They truly are medical angels. Their efforts have permitted so many to receive treatment and recover from this virus. And for those who under their care couldn’t recover, I’m sure their hearts are heavy.It would be wonderful to honor each one individually by name as the
  
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• This Christmas, Utah families visit Santa while getting their groceries

  25-12-2020 00:27
  
  For lots of kids, Christmas just isn’t Christmas if they don’t get to bend Santa’s ear and take a photo with him. But the pandemic has made many holiday activities — including traditional visits with St. Nick — challenging to do safely.So, on the last few days before the big holiday, Santa Claus teamed with local grocer Macey’s to create a festive and safe experience: Whenever a family arrived to pick up their groceries in Murray and West Jordan, Santa himself
  
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• Letter: Safe alternatives to nuclear fission

  25-12-2020 00:00
  
  Don Gale’s Dec. 14 essay, “Climate change leaves us on thin ice,” contains some glaring misinformation.Philo Farnsworth wasn’t working on “cold fusion.” He was working on nuclear fusion (hot plasma). Work on his “Fusor” reactor design continues with the Polywell reactor, but remains 20-plus years in the future.It is irresponsible for Don to bring up nuclear fission without mentioning the seriousness of its radioactive byproducts, some of which have
  
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