The beauty of the current birth-control conversation for Democrats is that they not only have public opinion on their side but also have cannily managed to make contraception a front-burner...

A voting solution in search of a problem ") takes the absurd position that voters should bear no responsibility in the exercise of that right. They apparently shouldn't even be so...

, Thomas Mallon's latest historical novel, captures both the metastasizing dishonesty and the ludicrousness of this great American tragedy of political ambition run amok. The book considers the...

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By 2007, the Nashi youth movement had 120,000 members between the ages of 17 and 25. When we first meet Masha, she's 16 and an avid member of Nashi, a youth group officially created to...

via Pinterest.com A visit to the Pinterest homepage typically reveals images of makeup, women's fashions -- and the occasional "pin" of Justin...

Rihanna with her admitted abuser, Chris Brown, present an intense moral quandary for anyone who believes that pop music has real cultural impact. Never in my memory has the particular feeling...

Anyone believing our nation's fiscal and moral policies to be correct should vote for their incumbent. If, however, you believe that our trillion-dollar deficits are unsustainable, that Medicare...

Mitt Romney came to Utah this last weekend to take a break from the campaign trail and thank all of us who helped make the 2002 Winter Olympics a huge success. Unfortunately, there were some who...

The following editorial appeared recently in the New York Times: The Republican presidential candidates have not made immigration a focus of their campaigns. But, as they head toward a debate on...

Recent news articles about the Salt Lake City Council and mayor's efforts to mortgage whatever equity we citizens have managed to create by building a so called "Broadway style...

Editor, The Times: This week is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Since every party needs a pooper, this is one I am happy to crash [';Brazzy Fat Tuesday gets on the bus,';...

The recent deaths caused by avalanche are tragic to be certain, but they were entirely foreseeable [';Fatal day on slopes: Avalanches kill 4,'; page one, Feb. 20]. Most of the avalanche...

Welcome to The Seattle Times' online letters to the editor, a sampling of readers' opinions. Join the conversation by commenting on these letters or send your own letter of up to 200...

While the issue of affirmative action will always be very controversial, I think it is important to consider the reasons why it has been pushed into the Supreme Court once again. The Abigail Noel...

The proliferation of nasty, negative ads by representatives of politicians is the adult version of bullying [';Negative ads getting more numerous — and nastier,'; News, Feb. 21]. The...

Life and religion are complicated Is it problematic to be a Christian in professional sports, such as Tim Tebow or Jeremy Lin? [';Jeremy Lin: the tension between majesty, morality,';...

A popular vote Tuesday in Yemen appears to mark the fall of the fourth dictator in the Arab Spring. But in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and now Yemen, the post-dictator problems show why each Arab must...

This week's 50-year anniversary of astronaut John Glenn and his Earth orbit should remind America that it needs manned flight in space. Some say the space race is over. But America is in a new...

While I was pregnant with our fourth child, routine prenatal blood testing indicated that I was at an increased risk of having a child with a birth defect, most likely Down syndrome. I was advised to...

A more elevated view is that a pregnancy is the result of a man and a woman cooperating with God in the unfathomable process of creating another living being...

Our view: President Obama's plan to lower the corporate tax rate is not only good politics but could spur U.S. economic growth and reduce the...

Today: The budget challenge. Cal: I know liberals react to spending cuts (except for defense) the way Dracula might react to news of a blood shortage...

The Weekly Standard. As the nomination battle on the Republican side drags on, with no ostensible end in sight, I can't help but ask myself: Who is responsible for the Republican party? What...

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party. A specter is haunting the Republican establishment -- the specter of Barry...

Iranian women walk past religious calligraphy in Arabic in central Tehran on Feb. 19, 2012. Escalating tensions between the West and Iran over the country's nuclear goals have caused concern for...

A ball of fire rises after an Israeli Merkava tank shot a shell at a truck during an army exercise on in the Negev Desert north of the city of Eilat on Jan. 31, 2012 in Shizafon, Israel. Intervening...

The network of global corporate control " offers a fundamental view of the global economy. It is a view that should be of interest to all of us because the results are stunning. A mere 737...

Walter E. Williams If one manages to graduate from high school without the rudiments of algebra, geometry and trigonometry, there are certain relatively high-paying careers probably off-limits for...

Last year, Utah's Legislature changed the Government Records Access and Management Act, the state's venerable law governing public access to government records. Those changes, pushed...

Black people everywhere, who have never even heard of the 'The John & Ken Show' in LA, are in an uproar about the two white radio hosts who called Whitney Houston a 'crack ho'...

Tony Robbins .)Speaking of the universe, here's a pop quiz on leadership: Which starship captain would be best in an alien encounter? For my part, I'd go with this lineup: Janeway to...

increase the daily expense allowance for out-state legislators by 22 percent, a bump that would to take place this summer. It's a reasonable increase for those who have to rent apartments in...

Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg asks questions at a House judiciary committee hearing earlier this month. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post) Drug-testing welfare applicants has...

Welina mai e na makamaka heluhelu o nei pae'aina, he wa keia e piha hau'oli ai ka na'au o kanaka, 'oiai, i ka pule nei i hala, i ka Po'akolu nei ho'i, ua 'ike...

Synopsis: Should we have a casino in Hawai'i? It could be scary. Welina e na hoa puni heluhelu. Ma ka Hoku Avalataisa o ka la 20 o Ianuali, ua ho'ike 'ia iho nei ka malama 'ia...

February 22, 2012 When last we left the NCAA, it was February madness, colleges were jumping conferences, suing each other, coaches were claiming rivals had cheated in recruiting -- the usual...

fan? After a moment, I traded the rudeness of staring for the friendlier intrusiveness of conversation, and asked her what cut of beef it was. "Shenk bun," she said, revealing an...

I'm an out of state visitor who enjoys getting a feel for the local pulse, so I enjoyed reading the op-ed in Thursday's Daily Herald. I'm glad the piece was identified as "views...

When the officers in Ogden were shot, that was a sad thing. I feel so bad for the families and all the officers involved. I was thinking about what I could do for the officers in Provo to show...

On Tuesday -- with the introduction of the aptly named SB 177 -- Sen. Curt Bramble of Provo eased the intense controversy that surrounded last year's attack on Utah's open records law...

State Republicans should go to the polls Tuesday with two missions: Pick a presidential candidate capable of leading this nation to prosperity and stability and choose a nominee who will give the GOP...

Our nation's fiscal situation and the failure of the Congressional Budget Super Committee last year could trigger across-the-board multi-billion-dollar cuts to medical research nationally and...

Seventeen state-qualified bond election applications have been approved by Michigan's Department of Treasury this year, and 12 of those will come before voters next week.The bond ballot...

Nolan Finley's Feb. 12 column, "Michigan is breeding poverty," fails the logic test. In fact, it's akin to blaming crime victims for high crime rates or jobless workers for high...