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The most overworked and bankrupt line of questioning in each debate is some variation of “Why are you the best candidate to beat Trump?”

Debate fatigue

Guest Contributor - January 18, 2020

We do not need an Article V constitutional convention to restore federalism, just more lawmakers who understand the Constitution and will adhere to it.

Failure to preserve federalism has cost much liberty

Harold Pease - January 16, 2020

As an attorney, I’m convinced CNN believed it would lose against Nicholas Sandmann where it counts the most: the court of public opinion.

Finally, some justice for maligned Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann

Christine Flowers - January 15, 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

All Utah gubernatorial candidates support the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline. What these current candidates don’t know can hurt us. We deserve better.

Gubernatorial candidates in 2020 lack knowledge about water and Lake Powell...

Lisa Rutherford - January 13, 2020

The Christian tenets of extending kindness and compassion compel us to take a stand against the acts of animal cruelty committed by Jordan World Circus.

Utahns of faith should unite against Jordan World Circus’s animal cruelty

Guest Contributor - January 12, 2020

Would you be shocked if I told you that the last 10 years have been the best decade in human history?

The best decade ever

Howard Sierer - January 12, 2020

As long as Trump is president, which looks like until 2024, Democrats and the liberal media will see World War III lurking around every foreign corner.

(Fake) World War over!

Michael Reagan - January 11, 2020

Socialism conquered its first country, Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. Eighteen months later, it was organized to do the same in America.

Our socialist history of collusion with Russia

Harold Pease - January 9, 2020

If the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann was The Trial of the Century, the impending confrontation in the Senate over impeachment is The Trial of the Week.

Impeachment isn’t exactly the trial of the century

Guest Contributor - January 8, 2020

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