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- Nov 14, 2005
- 4 min
Heroin steals young lives
For most of us, a too-young face and an unfamiliar name in the obituaries tell a story that we otherwise wouldn’t hear. Some boy or...
- Nov 7, 2005
- 4 min
What is a refugee? Art can explain
A semantic discussion took place in our national living room recently about the word “refugee.” While masses of people struggled to...
- Oct 17, 2005
- 3 min
Confronting breast cancer - personal and public stories
Betty Rollin is a journalist who has worked for the New York Times, PBS, and NBC. She's also a breast cancer survivor who wrote the...
- Oct 3, 2005
- 4 min
Salt Lake peace rally ends with people spouting hatred
Sept. 24, 12:15 p.m., 3,000 participants There’s a long, black wall of names on the City and County Building grounds. It enumerates the...
- Sep 26, 2005
- 3 min
Don't like military targeting kids? Opt out of recruiting
I don’t know where I was, maybe a street fair or a farmers' market, maybe an art gallery. I signed someone’s mailing list, and, a bit...
- Sep 26, 2005
- 3 min
An unlikely Rotarian looks at the club on its 100th
I never would have joined Rotary Club. I knew the group wasn't for me. In my mind, if I ever bothered to envision Rotary, especially...
- Sep 5, 2005
- 3 min
Rodeo teaches diversity appreciation, pardner
I like to imagine that I’m someone who appreciates diversity, someone who seeks to learn from the new, the different, the not-like-me. ...
- Aug 29, 2005
- 3 min
Shame on Sen. Hatch for his nutcake insult
Orrin Hatch called you a nutcake. OK, maybe he didn’t. But he might have said it about your kid’s civics teacher, your friend down the...
- Aug 8, 2005
- 4 min
Hiroshima warning: We all must work for peace
An author in his mid-60s, a noted nuclear weapons expert, came to town for a reading. Afterward we chatted and he wrote a nice...
- Jul 4, 2005
- 3 min
America: A nation as big and complex as the human spirit
Our country is complicated. You can tell yourself you're a true American if you patrol our borders in search of undocumented neighbors....
- Jun 13, 2005
- 4 min
Our lives become richer when public speakers share their stories
I watched several people tackle the famously scary realm of public speaking recently. They all have my respect. Some were kids new to...
- Jun 6, 2005
- 3 min
World poverty can be overcome through the actions of good people
I helped Nelson Mandela get out of prison. My efforts were a drop in the bucket, a drop in the ocean even, but along with millions of...
- May 30, 2005
- 4 min
They also serve who stand for peace
On Memorial Day, we honor people who have gone to perilous places with a strong commitment in their hearts. They risk danger and their...
- May 25, 2005
- 3 min
Is the ‘intolerance boot’ now on the other foot?
Once, when I was maybe 20 years old, I was browsing at a jewelry counter. When I chose a bracelet, a delicate chain with a small clasp,...
- Apr 25, 2005
- 4 min
Reclaim your life, join the great television turnoff
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. -- Groucho Marx This...