Utah
Halloween and October parties are the perfect venue for using pumpkins. Here are some of my favorite ways to use them. Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 9 2012 10:44 p.m. MDT
Many people have had negative and frustrating experiences with cable and satellite TV, with overcharges, unauthorized services and holding forever on the phone trying to correct other Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 14 2012 7:32 p.m. MDT
Surprise parties always seem like such a good idea at planning time, but they are harder to pull off than we usually think. Read more»
Monday, Oct. 8 2012 5:51 p.m. MDT
Cameron Bailey's back in the culinary spotlight, winning first place and $150 in the Utah's Own Recipe Roundup at the Utah State Fair. Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 9 2012 10:06 p.m. MDT
In a mere decade and a half – less time than it takes to wear out a Mercedes – 4Life has become a worldwide company that has offices in 22 countries, does business in more Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 14 2012 11:00 p.m. MDT
Sports
The well-dressed gentlemen on my television were discussing (quite civilly) how appalling it was that Kansas City fans could cheer their own quarterback, Matt Cassel, as he lay on the Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 14 2012 9:51 p.m. MDT
Utah fans and players are finding out that the transition to life in the Pac-12 and BCS world isn't as smooth as once thought. Talk of the Rose Bowl is now replaced with talk of making Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 16 2012 10:14 p.m. MDT
Jim McMahon's girlfriend says he sometimes picks up his car keys but forgets his destination. He walks into a room and wonders why. He told sports radio host Dan Patrick he once got Read more»
Thursday, Oct. 18 2012 8:27 p.m. MDT
Chris Badger faced armed robbers twice on his LDS mission in Ecuador — a world away from the life he lives today as a redshirt safety for the University of Notre Dame, where many Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 17 2012 9:26 p.m. MDT
We here at the Office for the Preservation of Legends feel compelled to speak up occasionally in defense of a legend when we feel he is unfairly diminished, usually by extenuating circumstances Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 9 2012 9:17 p.m. MDT
What in the name of Louie Sakoda has happened to placekicking in the state this year? Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 7 2012 10:53 p.m. MDT
Major League Baseball certainly hit a game-winning grand slam with its opening-round playoff series this year. Read more»
Saturday, Oct. 13 2012 9:54 p.m. MDT
There's a popular public service announcement I see fairly regularly on every network and cable channel that draws my attention, only because of the oddity of its message given our Read more»
Friday, Sept. 28 2012 5:10 p.m. MDT
Business
Some hotels make us feel right at home, while others make us feel like we are on another planet. While traveling, we can laugh at quirky mistranslations and learn from great adaptations Read more»
Friday, Sept. 28 2012 7:01 a.m. MDT
In this week’s Dave says, finance expert Dave Ramsey gives advice on handling a bad credit report and saving up for a new car. Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 16 2012 2:42 p.m. MDT
There are lots of time-obsessed people out there, either silently grinding their teeth at your lateness or waiting to nag you when you're running behind. Or so it would seem, based Read more»
Monday, Oct. 15 2012 1:00 p.m. MDT
Toyota is sick again. In 2009, the company issued a recall for cars that had a defective accelerator. Last week it announced another recall, this time the biggest in history, due to Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 14 2012 11:10 p.m. MDT
Opinion
No mystery about the trajectory of this race. It was static for months as President Obama held a marginal lead. Then came the conventions. The Republicans squandered Tampa; the Democrats Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 14 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT
If in four weeks a president-elect Mitt Romney is seeking a Treasury secretary, he should look here, to Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Read more»
Sunday, Oct. 14 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT
Presidential politics has become a contest of shiny objects and puppies. Only, we don't call them shiny objects, we call them "memes." Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 17 2012 1:19 p.m. MDT
Our world has changed, and we are constantly being bombarded with information that comes at us louder and faster, and we listen only to those who agree with our way of thinking. Read more»
Saturday, Oct. 13 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT
After two debates, one presidential and one vice presidential, we can fairly conclude that Obama and Biden are happy warriors. They just smile and smile and smile. Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 16 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT
Amanda Todd was 15 when she hanged herself last week. She'd been bullied, repeatedly, for a mistake she'd made a few years before. Read more»
Thursday, Oct. 18 2012 12:28 a.m. MDT
Monday, Oct. 15 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT
Faith
Leaving a general conference session a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a demonstrator holding a sign announcing that Joseph Smith had "lied." Read more»
Thursday, Oct. 18 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
There was another big announcement in general conference and this blogger records her reaction. And, why is the iOS LDS Tools unavailable? Plus, a great idea for your next youth-based Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 17 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
If my career ended today, if I never wrote again and my professional life were judged on the work I’ve already produced, how would I want to be remembered? Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 16 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
If it weren't for basketball and the LDS Church, I would have never crossed paths with these guys and a dozen others from their neighborhoods. They weren't Mormons when I met them. Read more»
Wednesday, Sept. 19 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
Watching how President Monson's announcement of lowered ages for missionary service has inspired me and reminded me that an essence of being Latter-day Saint is the simple spirit of Read more»
Monday, Oct. 15 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
This Sunday on "Mormon Times TV," you'll meet a group of so-called Mormon Mommy Bloggers, sharing the gospel online. Plus how to better understand and care for those with special needs, Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 17 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
The account of Elders Paul Langheinrich, Rudolph K. Poecker and others who protected genealogy records in Germany. How they exhumed them and got them to the Genealogical Society after Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 16 2012 10:21 a.m. MDT
In 1994, 15 BYU students piled into a motor home for the long journey to South Bend, where the victory was sweet and the experience was unforgettable. Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 17 2012 6:13 p.m. MDT
Tears are an expression of deep feeling that can cleanse and inspire us. Jesus wept; even God wept for his disobedient children. It may take courage to weep, but there can be a sacredness Read more»
Saturday, Sept. 29 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
With the lowering of age for sister missionaries, we are going to have front-row seats to an enormous cultural shift in the church. Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 10 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT
Family Life
An extraordinary bond with birds helps Drue Sheffield, a teenager with special needs, soar in life. Read more»
Wednesday, Oct. 17 2012 12:04 p.m. MDT
Where's the PG-13 version of "The King's Speech" and what happened to that Blu-ray Hitchcock collection? Read more»
Thursday, Oct. 4 2012 3:59 p.m. MDT
Even a righteous, benevolent political party is not immune to the seduction of power. The potential to be corrupted and to be absolutely corrupted with absolute power is too dangerous Read more»
Tuesday, Oct. 16 2012 4:03 p.m. MDT
Missionaries for the LDS Church know that every six weeks a transfer could change their lives. What if we could look forward to a transfer that would change everything when life got Read more»
Friday, Oct. 12 2012 12:54 p.m. MDT
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