Category Archives: Community

What’s the best way to tackle bullying?

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Tweet The Deseret News recently relayed a wonderful story about a young man and his football teammates who befriended a girl who had been bullied by others. Their efforts made a real difference in her life and the way she … Continue reading →

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Freedom to close businesses on Sunday is worth preserving

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Tweet Living in a community bordering Highland, we see lots of signs for and against local Proposition 6, which would do away with the city’s Sunday closing. The anti-Proposition 6 campaign is in the right. People don’t need to shop … Continue reading →

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No liberty is violated by Highland’s Sunday closures

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Tweet Residents of the city of Highland are considering repealing a Sunday closure regulation. They alone will decide. My interest in this debate is intellectual. My two cents is simply to remind Highland residents that there is no liberty interest … Continue reading →

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Spending our children’s inheritance

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Tweet One of the gems in Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France is his description of the tradition threatened by the social engineering of the French Revolution as an “entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and … Continue reading →

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Good signs for Utah from study of charitable giving

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Tweet A recent study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy looked at Americans after-tax charitable giving based on recent tax returns to determine how financially generous people around the country are. The results should be very encouraging for Utahns. Utah ranked … Continue reading →

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Positive signs for Orem taxpayers after 8-hour tax hearing

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Tweet After an eight-hour Truth in Taxation Hearing, the Orem City Council voted 4-3 at 1:45 this morning to approve a 25 percent property tax increase for the Orem portion of the property tax bill, instead of the proposed 50 … Continue reading →

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Prospects for a humming future in the Beehive State

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Tweet A recent publication by the Gallup organization is the latest to suggest a humming future for the Beehive State. In “Utah Poised to Be the Best U.S. State to Live In,” Dan Witters reports that the state leads all … Continue reading →

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Winds whip up power of people

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Tweet   The 100-plus mph wind gusts in northern Utah caused millions of dollars of harm to people and property yesterday, but they also whipped up something else. As the powerful winds diminished, the power of people kicked into high … Continue reading →

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‘Smart growth’: not so smart

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Tweet   For years, advocates on the left have pushed for state and local government to pursue policies that they like to call “smart growth.” In Utah, advocates have coined the term “quality growth,” but both approaches boil down to … Continue reading →

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Give Sundance credit where credit is due

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

Tweet   A few weeks ago in another post on this blog, Sutherland analyst Matthew Piccolo brought to light the vulgar content presented during parts of the Sundance Institute’s annual film festival. While I share his concerns about the festival, Sundance … Continue reading →

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