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    The Clown Car Has Left the Building

    Ed Kociela - March 15, 2020

    Take the odds on Coronavirus

    Ed Kociela - March 11, 2020
    How else do you explain a recent citation issued by the Legislature’s Senate President and House Speaker thanking the president on behalf of Utah?

    Utah Legislature hitchhiking on the highway to hell

    Ed Kociela - March 3, 2020
    There’s blood in the water and these seasoned candidates smell it, which means that despite his money Bloomberg is in an untenable position.

    It’s shark week in South Carolina, and Bloomberg is the chum

    Ed Kociela - February 25, 2020
    Things are about to go white-hot weird as the legislature toys with the idea of polygamy legislation that would decriminalize it from a felony offense.

    Just say no to polygamy legislation

    Ed Kociela - February 18, 2020
    To humbly borrow a line from Shakespeare in the passing of Fred Adams, “I can no other answer make but thanks. And thanks, and ever thanks.”

    Thank you, Fred Adams, for the impossible dream

    Ed Kociela - February 11, 2020
    It all becomes a moot point tomorrow when the Senate votes. So, divine intervention? It’s a longshot.

    Divine intervention is all we’ve got left

    Ed Kociela - February 4, 2020
    The legislature announced a new tax structure that would impose higher taxes on food, gasoline, and other consumer needs.

    Tax reform repeal: The sheeple speak

    Ed Kociela - January 28, 2020
    it is disconcerting to learn that the governor of Utah has quashed a program to distribute condoms to high-risk individuals to prevent HIV and AIDS.

    The risqué business of saving lives

    Ed Kociela - January 21, 2020
    The Earth did just fine before we came out of the primordial ooze and will fix itself after it expels the humans who turned it into a flaming dumpster.

    The peril of our planet

    Ed Kociela - January 14, 2020
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