In July 2003, I drove my moving truck out of the mountains and into Salt Lake City. Before arriving at my new apartment, I saw a bunch of Mormons burning American flags….
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When thinking about where you will settle down and spend your life, what do you consider? For most of us, happiness is towards the top of our requirements. While being happy in…
Daniel LaChance, Emory University Concerned that the Supreme Court may soon declare lethal injection unconstitutional, some states are making back-up plans. In March, Utah’s governor signed legislation that will bring back the…
With the recent horror stories of botched lethal injections, I am thinking this may not be such a bad idea. Though, I’m still waiting for the end of capital punishment, but I think…
Does anyone else find it interesting that he was fired from a language center? via Newsweek: A Utah teacher and education blogger says he was fired from the Nomen Global Language Center…
When a government agency once considered so secret that its nickname was “No Such Agency” comes under scrutiny for more or less everything it does, it shouldn’t be considered too surprising that…
Just an ordinary story of crack cocaine mind control and telepathic sex crimes in a Utah trailer park, via Gawker: A woman in Utah has pleaded guilty to attempted criminal solicitation and…
Via Utah.gov, the bizarre story behind the “Dream Mine” built by a nineteenth-century Mormon bishop-prophet famed for his dreams that predicted the future: The so-called Dream Mine is located east of Salem…
This is my kind of Christmas — shades of The Wicker Man in a remote Utah town. Salt Lake City’s KSL reports: The town is relying on the wooden mammoth to hopefully catch…
What should police do with someone who commits a minor crime, is in custody, but there is absolutely no clue as to who he is? The Utah County Sheriff’s Office is struggling…
Aaron Cynic writes at Diatribe Media: According to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the poor and middle class aren’t doing enough to share the economic burden in America. In a speech on the…
Environmental hero or another illegal tactic of a peaceful activist? Jurors are often told that they must come to a verdict based on the law and not their moral conscious. Should DeChristopher…
Lee Davidson reports on new FBI document releases for the Salt Lake Tribune: On April 4, 1949, FBI agents in Utah sent a cable marked “urgent” to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover….
Via Talking Points: The Utah House of Representatives has approved a bill that allowing gold and silver coins to be used as currency, though unlike similar bills in other states, it doesn’t…
The two new dinosaurs found in Southern Utah are said to have more horns on their head than any known dino. Now the only question is whether they were functional or just…
Medical Marijuana isn’t the only issue which has states challenging federal power. ABC News reports: Utah is itching for a land fight. A battle with Washington over territorial rights and state sovereignty….
Pranksters the Yes Men held a bogus press conference in Salt Lake City, posing as an organization called “Patriots for a Moral Utah,” and called for a “Final Solution” of the forced…
Mutterhals writes on the Black Sun Gazette: For most Americans, science is akin to magic. We don’t know how much of this shit occurs, but as long as everything keeps humming along…
By Sahil Kapur for Raw Story: Imagine being forced to skip your senior year of high school. Or having the option. If you live in Utah, that could become a reality. In…