A legal action filed in 4th District Court by a group of Cedar Hills residents against their city is one of the more unusual cases we've seen in awhile. They think the city has been hiding the...

– Oct. 7, 2011 But veiled contempt for Mormonism is becoming too regular of a feature on the opinion pages of the Times which published an incomprehensible screed against the faith by scholar...

WASHINGTON — Imperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow....

On Feb. 1, a federal court near Seattle, Wash., heard closing arguments in a case about the right of conscience, a fundamental American principle (Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky). That right is the...

– Aug. 16, 2011 It seems to me that the presidential campaign has become like a game of survivor: Who can lie, outlast and outwit to the end will win. The difference may be who is willing to...

The great U.S. President Abraham Lincoln chose for himself a Cabinet that had members that were certainly not his friends and often opposed him and his views. Yet he wanted their expertise and input,...

– Feb. 8, 2011 Two powerful forces are pushing crude oil prices up. First, the administration is restricting production of oil through its energy policy, in which it obstructs efforts to...

BYU women's coach Jeff Judkins. A recent article in the paper congratulated Jeff Judkins, coach of the Brigham Young University womens basketball team, on his 221 wins ("BYU women's...

The current Republican debates have become the latest episode of "Presidential Apprentice, Debating With the Candidates," or "Survivor of D.C." We wait to see who has the most...

For the first time in history, Utah has candidates running in four different congressional districts. Most of the interest is in the wide-open contests for the GOP nominations in the 2nd and 4th...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Gasoline prices rose sharply in 2008 and again in 2011, largely as a consequence of rising global demand and limited supply. People's reactions were mixed. Some called...

CALIFORNIA labor unions are bracing for a fight this fall. They face a one-two punch, a right-left combination of sorts. From the right comes a November state ballot initiative backed by Republicans...

Everybody agrees that there's something wrong when the horrific murder of a 12-year-old black girl in Detroit gets far less newspaper ink and television footage than the slaying of a white...

The rap against Mitt Romney is that the only thing conservative about him is his business suit. And the more he yaps off the cuff, the more he reinforces that impression. At the rate he's going,...

A rgentina once again is harassing the British-ruled Falkland Islands 500 miles off its southern coast, islands Argentine soldiers seized in 1982 and from which the British ejected them in a...

I t’s not just campaign strategy, but democracy itself, that is being tested this year across the country. As the electoral cycle moves forward, who will be voting and with what result?...

W ASHINGTON - Imperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow. It...

Think Seattle spent too much for snow removal during the most recent storm? University of Washington professor Christopher Hrdlicka thinks spending more would be good insurance against the greater...

President Obama cites the military as a model for politics, similar to the aim of Chief Justice John Roberts for consensus on the Supreme Court. Why are both goals not...

On Tuesday, if history is any guide, several tens of thousands of Minnesotans will join others who are more or less like-minded politically for a biennial event known as the precinct caucus....

Last week they finally came -- Rick Santorum to Luverne, Mitt Romney to Eagan, and Ron Paul to Rochester, Chanhassen and Arden Hills. Anybody sighted a Newt? The Republican presidential nomination...

Thorough reform of the way Minnesota taxes businesses is at least a year away at the State Capitol. But for understandable economic and election-year reasons, the political itch is intensifying to...

The Legislature's careful and limited use of private meetings to create safe space and the need for "sunshine" are not irreconcilable. We must have both. Sunshine should be the general...

The ugly partisanship displayed by Senate Republicans during the first days of this year's legislative session was extremely disappointing. It belied their professed desire to work cooperatively...

It was in the 1970s, and I was 20 years old. On a cold November night, my friend and I were walking to our car in an adjacent parking lot in our small hometown in Minnesota, when a man jumped us and,...

As Gingrich faces Romney in Florida, he calls 2012 the 'most important election of our lifetime.' Sometimes he compares its significance to the pre-Civil War era. GOP rivals like Santorum...

Provided by the Coca-Cola Co. and Wieden + Kennedy A polar bear tries to catch his bottle of Coca-Cola before it falls to the ground. The "Catch," ad will be aired during Super Bowl...

Red tipped yellow roses are packaged for shipment to the U.S. for Valentine's Day at the Sagaro Flowers SA facility in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Colombia's flower...

Facebook's base of daily users shot up 11.6 percent in the last quarter of 2010 -- but that growth rate dropped by nearly half at the end of 2011, to 5.7 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma,...

Aloha kakou e na makamaka puni pa'ani popo pekupeku Koa Anuenue, mai ka mokupuni nui o Keawe a i ka moku ka'ili la o lalo e. 'O ka Po'akolu nei ka la mua e hiki ai i na mea...

Aloha mai kakou e na hoa makamaka, ua lohe mua paha 'oukou i ia 'olelo kaulana e kau a'ela i luna? He 'olelo no'eau paha ia mai kahiko mai? A he 'olelo no'eau hou...

February 4, 2012 I would like to rise up today in defense of Diet Coke. All diet sodas, in fact. But Diet Coke happens to be my favorite. I like the stuff. Cracking open a can of it, or pouring...

Roy Police detectives walk in front of Roy High School Jan. 26, 2012, in Roy, Utah. Congratulations to Bailey Gerhardt for her bravery for possibly saving the lives of many of our precious youth at...

America's honor and majesty lies in its character and principles, not its rifles and bombs. In that sense it is a body inviolate and indomitable. In Rudyard Kipling's great poem...

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would prohibit members of Congress, the president and many other public officials from using the inside information they may gain on businesses,...

– Jan. 6, 2012 The value of my home is almost half of what it was a few years ago. So why are my taxes more? I guess I need to go to my rainy-day fund. Oh, I forgot, I don't have a...

Loser-Winner: Groundhog Day is a time for silliness in Punxsutawney, Pa., which is pretty much the point of the whole Punxsutawney Phil shtick each year. The losers in this case are the news services...

Do city elections matter? Are the voices of the people really heard? We are about to find out. On Jan. 3, 2012, three council members were sworn in to the Salt Lake City government, two new and one...

Grayson Jospe, 11 months, is pulled to a Boulder park Friday. IPTC: BOULDER, CO - FEBRUARY 3: Grayson Jospe, 11-months, is pulled to the park by his father Michael Jospe February 3, 2012 in Boulder,...

Brilliant blue skies and great weather at the 18th annual Susan G. Komen Denver Race for the Cure, Oct. 3, 2010. (Denver Post file photo) At a time when people routinely mistrust institutions, Susan...

In his State of the State speech this week, Gov.Martin O'Malleymade a provocative boast: "Because of your wise and balanced decisions about where to cut, and your smart decisions about...

Aloha Kalikimaka e na hoa makamaka e ho'onanea nei me na 'ohana a me na hoa i keia wa kalikimaka nei. A 'oiai, 'o ka wa kalikimaka no keia, ua mana'o ‘ia e pa'i...

A few weeks ago we watched the BYU men's basketball team play a very good Baylor Bears team who came into the Marriott Center ranked No. 6. It was a highly contested game and the crowd was ...

United States , being a renter doesn't equate with being able to "easily move around."Historically, a home does appreciate in value over time, and it also proves useful to those who...

What we said: "The Susan G. Komen foundation has made a highly regrettable - and transparently political - decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. ... Komen should reverse its...

49ers will go forward with their plan for a new stadium in Santa Clara. Barring a major setback - such as construction delays, or a legal ruling against changes from the deal Santa Clara voters...

"UCSF scientists take bitter view of sugar in food" (Feb. 2): War on sugar is not a solution to America's health problems. Sugar comes in many different forms (honey, fruit juice,...

The Arab Spring was the biggest story in the Middle East in 2011. Unfortunately, it's still difficult to report on its aftermath in many of the nations most impacted by the pan-Arabic protest...

Traveling through my beloved former hometown of Minneapolis recently, I was appalled to pick up the Star Tribune and find an Opinion Exchange section cover article about missing conservatives in...

The problem with Mitt Romney's latest boneheaded statement -- "I'm not concerned about the very poor" -- isn't the ammunition it gives political opponents eager to yank the...