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...

From the archive 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...

From the archive 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A longtime police officer once told me he believed the best way to describe our job is not "law enforcer" or "protector of the public" or even "problem solver." When you...

The Washington Education Association's rigid anti-education-reform stance puts the Democratic Party at risk. A longterm political relationship hits a rough...

Events in recent days reveal two views of Iranian leaders: as either pragmatic to the pressure of sanctions or irrationally bent on terror and Israel's demise. So far, Obama is playing to...

Drug trafficking is at the root of most of the 1,136 homicides perpetrated in Puerto Rico in 2011, the highest number ever recorded, exceeding even Mexico's murder rate. The Puerto Rican...

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T he House of Representatives recently voted to wipe a big part of President Barack Obama’s health care law from the books - the Community Living Assistance Service and Supports Act. CLASS...

Of course, you could just as easily have a Frankenstein’s monster with Gingrich’s verbal pomposity, Santorum’s resentful and dour sanctimony, Paul’s conspiratorial nuttiness...

To paraphrase a line from an Oscar-winning movie, we're shocked -- shocked -- to learn that the people who vote for the Academy Awards lack the diversity required for such a serious endeavor. ...

A Chrysler assembly line in Sterling Heights, Mich., in 2011: How the bailout looks to the candidates depends on their proximity to...

The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Department to foster discussion about key issues. The Editorial Board represents the institutional voice of the Star Tribune and operates...

Aaron Benner, a fifth-grade teacher in St. Paul, has spoken against addressing disruptive student behavior as "cultural...

Stillwater has been divorced from St. Cloud and attached to St. Paul. The south-suburban Second Congressional District is now the southeast-suburban and exurban Second. Mankato and Rochester remain...

Michele Bachmann highlighted her Iowa roots until her presidential fortunes faded after the Hawkeye State's caucuses. The three-term Minnesota Republican representative now appears to be putting...

The Opinion section is produced by the Editorial Department to foster discussion about key issues. The Editorial Board represents the institutional voice of the Star Tribune and operates...

In terms of sizzle, Sen. Rob Portman makes Mitt Romney look like Lady Gaga. So when the two men shared a stage in suburban Cincinnati on Monday afternoon, the result was pure and unadulterated ennui...

I read the article about the fact that the new arena proposal might be held up by traffic and I wanted to share my opinion why that can’t possibly be an issue [';Arena proposal may get...

Danielle Ottesen for state legislator! Her insightful, common-sense opinion piece, ';K-12 benefit takeover misguided'; [Feb. 21], correctly observes that some state legislators are...

In response to the comments by Phyllis Beaumonte, chairwoman for education at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People regarding charter schools, I find her comments to be...

Ron Sims is absolutely right about priorities in cleaning up Puget Sound: Stormwater runoff is the single biggest threat to the Sound. [Saving Puget Sound: the battle between good intentions and...

';Breathing air pollutants raises the risk of having a heart attack'; according to an article in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. This relates directly...

Be forewarned, Israel and the US. We are entering a dangerous stage in which Iran feels it must respond in kind to attacks against it. When two nations engage in patterns of attacks and...

The US and Europe are moving towards rules that would require their oil and mining industries to reveal all payments to foreign governments. Resource-rich but poor Africa will benefit from such...

Amid all the bad news, there is a bit of hope in South Asia: India and Pakistan have restarted their peace dialogue, with greater economic engagement. The Obama administration should reinforce this...