Over the past eight years, under the Bush Administration, we have seen a gradual decline in our civil liberties, all in the name of security. Locally, however, little has happened by way of possible further encroachment. That is until I came across S.B. 112 by Freshman Senator Ralph Okerlund (R – Monroe, District 24). The [...]
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Bills to watch: S.B. 16 – Prohibited Gang Activity – J. Greiner
This is the second time the Utah State Legislature has seen S.B. 16 as proposed by Senator Jon Greiner (R- Ogden, District 18). Last year it was known as S.B. 75, a bill which had its enacting clause struck when it was sent to the house. Last year it received a relatively small margin of [...]
On Civil Disobedience
The actions of Tim DeChristopher this past Friday should be lauded. For those of you who may not know, DeChristopher was able to find his way into a Bureau of Land Management auction of various parcels of land around Zion National Park designated for potential oil drilling and bid on them; artificially raising the price [...]
The Importance of Unpleasantness
Tonight, as I do every two out of three Thursdays, I volunteered my time with Salt Lake Peer Court – a fantastic organization that helps troubled youth. My main obligation is focused around making sure the four students I am in charge of do what they are supposed to be doing. During downtime, of [...]
The Dirtiest Post I Have Written to Date – The State of Sex Ed in Utah
This past Saturday I found myself in a car with my best friend, his soon to be wife, and my friend’s younger cousin (lets call him YC), all of us on our way up to the Box Elder Fair. I was a bit apprehensive on my way up, after all cows, corn, and country folk [...]
The More Things Change…
I was rather disturbed by a photo and tag-line I saw in The Salt Lake Tribune yesterday: Farmington firefighters/EMT Jayson Scopel (left) and Jeff Hoover huck computer monitors to the cheers of Farmington Jr. High students. In honor of white ribbon week, which promotes internet safety and anti-pornography, Farmington firefighters/EMT’s are throwing computer monitors off [...]
