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- Jun 5, 2006
- 3 min
Pride Day is a celebration of how far we've come
It’s June and that can only mean one thing - gay pride. People all over are celebrating gay pride this weekend. In the past few days...
- May 22, 2006
- 3 min
Remembering the original meaning of Mother's Day
My husband, Chris, and I are just back from a trip to southern Indiana. His mom and dad, in their mid- and late-80s, still live in the...
- May 8, 2006
- 3 min
There is nothing divine about a bomb test
The first I heard of Divine Strake was last month. I was standing a few feet from the Nevada Nuclear Test Site where the experiment will...
- Apr 17, 2006
- 3 min
Upholding the Statue of Liberty's promise
There's a beautiful old camelback trunk in my office. It was my mom's, and her mom's before that. I don’t know how many moms back it...
- Mar 27, 2006
- 3 min
Tuberculosis didn't die with my grandfather
My grandfather died of tuberculosis. He contracted it while fighting in World War I. He came home, not yet 30, and suffered miserably...
- Mar 27, 2006
- 3 min
I will be there protesting President Bush's war
A native Utahn like me, a product of Utah’s public schools, is less likely to protest against President Bush than anyone else in the...
- Mar 20, 2006
- 3 min
Fighting hate with love: Utah finally does the right thing
So Utah has a hate crimes law. It took us 15 years and about 15 different champions to get one. Some concessions were made, like...
- Mar 6, 2006
- 3 min
Impoverished women can get your goat
Last Christmas I was given the back half of a goat. And a silver bracelet. Granted, I wear the bracelet more, but while it is handmade...
- Feb 27, 2006
- 3 min
Utah's Democratic legislators deserve our appreciation
The look in Scott McCoy's eye as he walked past the window between the Senate floor and the observation gallery broke my heart. I don't...
- Feb 13, 2006
- 4 min
U2 is more than a band; it is a voice for peace and justice
When you disagree with people, especially politicians whose actions you abhor, when in your very soul you think they’re killing the world...
- Jan 30, 2006
- 3 min
Learning how to respect all places of worship
When in Washington, D.C., long ago for a several-month assignment - and my first time living away from Utah - I noticed pedestrians with...
- Jan 9, 2006
- 3 min
Paying tribute to those who work for peace and justice
While we stood on the playing field in our one-piece blue-and-blue-striped polyester gym suits, new to the grown-up world of Churchill...
- Dec 19, 2005
- 4 min
Every couple has to decide how, or if, to celebrate Christmas
When Chris and I got together, among the many things we had to settle as a couple beginning to live in the same house was what to do...
- Dec 5, 2005
- 3 min
Don't pass up chance to recreate history
I never knew my great-grandfathers; I have no idea who they were or what they did. I never even met my grandfathers. Maybe that’s why...
- Nov 21, 2005
- 3 min
Bush people have cranked up the ol’' fog machine
The Bush team has been taking potshots at anyone who dares to note the overwhelming evidence that the administration manipulated - if not...