Above: Even under the Clinton health care plan, we'd all still die. (The really good part starts at about 2:18.)

- Plan for the end: Advance health care planning - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

Rule No. 1: We’re all going to die.
Rule No. 2: We can’t do anything to change Rule No. 1.
Given Rule No. 1, it would be a good idea to do some advance planning for the end of our lives, particularly how we might want to direct our medical care in the final phase before death.
Granted, it’s an emotionally painful subject. It’s not something we want to face. But we might spare ourselves and our loved ones unnecessary anguish and even physical suffering if we make our wishes known in advance.
That’s where Utah’s excellent “Tool Kit for Advance Health Care Planning” comes in. It’s available from the University of Utah’s Center on Aging at aging.utah.edu/directives. Or you can write to U. Center on Aging, 10 S. 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880. The phone is (801) 585-6361. ...

- Have you had the end of life discussion? - San Jose Mercury News Editorial

... The Republican candidates for president all are promising to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reforms, which may or may not sit well with people already benefiting from health insurance because of them. What the candidates -- and the president -- should be talking about instead is how to get medical costs under control so that all Americans can receive better care with the money available. Part of that has to be a serious exploration of what Americans at the end of their lives really want and need in the way of medical treatment. ...

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- The Utah Utes: Change U. of U. team name - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

The University of Utah has long referred to its athletic teams as the Utes. So long as the Ute Tribal Council continues to give its permission for the use of the tribe’s name, there is no immediate reason to change it.
Nevertheless, the university should take the initiative to change the name, if only because the drum and feather or circle and feather logo used by the team involve symbols held sacred by Native American cultures. ...
... If the tribe would be insulted by the university dropping the name, then it should be kept.
But in that case, the tribe should get value for the use of its name. All real Utes, certified by the council as members of the tribe and meeting the university’s admission requirements, should attend the university free of charge.

- Drop the Utes nickname - Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune