Commentary

(Matt Rourke | AP Photo) A person pays his respects outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022.

Hateful words can lead to violence. Utah isn’t immune, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | November 30, 2022, 2:50 p.m.

(Czarek Sokolowski | AP photo)

A wreath is laid at the monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, as part of world observances of the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz.

Leonard Pitts: We owe them much better than this

By Leonard Pitts | The Miami Herald | November 30, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Andrey Kasay | The New York Times)

Florian Krammer and Aubree Gordon: Why lots of kids are likely to be sick this holiday season

By Florian Krammer and Aubree Gordon | For The New York Times | November 29, 2022, 4:00 p.m.

(Trent Bozeman for The New York Times)

Barges along a parched section of the Mississippi River outside of Lake Providence, La.

Laurence C. Smith: Long stretches of the Mississippi have run dry. What’s next?

By Laurence C. Smith | For The New York Times | November 29, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

(Photo by Hank Perry via Writers on the Range)

A grizzly bear near the B Bar Ranch in Gardiner, Montana

Molly Absolon: Living with grizzlies as neighbors

By Molly Absolon | Writers on the Range | November 29, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kindergarten teacher Connie Orton, reads to her students at John Hancock Charter School in Pleasant Grove,
Friday, Sept. 7, 2018.

Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck and Amberlie Phillips: Utah children should have access to full-day kindergarten

By Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck and Amberlie Phillips | Special to The Tribune | November 29, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Ari Liloan | The New York Times)

Jessica Bennett: Elon Musk and the worst midnight email from a boss

By Jessica Bennett | For The New York Times | November 28, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

(Emile Ducke | The New York Times)

Viktoria Borysenko shows a picture of her son, Bohdan, 12, with Daria, the daughter of her sister-in-law, Nadia Borysenko, on her phone in Balakliya, Ukraine, Nov. 4, 2022. When Russians occupied the city, they took the women's children to a summer camp and have not returned them.

Nicholas D. Kristof: Russia traffics in Ukrainian children

By Nicholas D. Kristof | The New York Times | November 28, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah County is now more expensive for renters than Salt Lake County -- and its housing costs have gone up partly because of Silicon Slopes and NIMBYs who resist high-density development. Included in the long list of recently completed or ongoing apartment building projects in Utah County is Lehi Tech at 1350 E. 200 South in Lehi pictured on Friday, June 18, 2021.

Paul Krugman: A different kind of kitchen-table economics

By Paul Krugman | The New York Times | November 28, 2022, 4:00 p.m.

(Joanna Kulesza | The New York Times)

A makeshift memorial stands in front of Club Q, where a mass shooting on Saturday night left five people dead and 18 people injured, in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. The authorities said they were holding Anderson Lee Aldrich, on suspicion of murder and bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, Colorado’s equivalent of a hate crime, for each of the five people killed in the shooting.

Leonard Pitts: It was exactly what it looked like

By Leonard Pitts | The Miami Herald | November 27, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

FILE - In this June 22, 2018, file photo, singer Taylor Swift performs on stage in concert at Wembley Stadium in London. ABC will air the one-hour concert special “Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert” at 10 p.m. EDT. It was filmed last September at L’Olympia Theater in Paris. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

David Brooks: Confessions of a middle-aged fanboy

By David Brooks | The New York Times | November 26, 2022, 6:00 p.m.

(Geneva Heffernan | AP Photo) Elijah Newcomb of Colorado Springs lays flowers near a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 where a shooting occurred late Saturday night.

Johnny Townsend: Ye cannot serve both love and hate

By Johnny Townsend | Special to The Tribune | November 26, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
President Russell M. Nelson announces 17 new temples to be built, bringing the total during his presidency to a 100, at General Conference on Sunday, April 3, 2022.

Dave Winslow: The Savior won’t tolerate abuse. So why does the LDS Church?

By Dave Winslow | Special to The Tribune | November 26, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Sen. Mike Lee speaks to delegates at the Utah Republican Party nominating convention, Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Sandy.

Seth Stern: Senate passage of PRESS Act is vital to limit government overreach

By Seth Stern | Special to The Tribune | November 25, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marina Gomberg.

Marina Gomberg: The seafood is calling and I’m answering every time

By Marina Gomberg | November 25, 2022, 4:39 p.m.

Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune

The SafeUT Crisis Text and Tip Line is a statewide service that provides real-time crisis intervention to youth through texting and a confidential tip program Ð right from your smartphone. Tuesday December 27, 2016.

Kyson Ercanbrack: Hostile school environments lead to high suicide rates for LGBTQ students

By Kyson Ercanbrack | Special to The Tribune | November 25, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Alex Welsh | The New York Times)

A freight train yard near the Port of Los Angeles, Sept. 15, 2022. To defuse a labor dispute that brought the nation to the brink of a potentially catastrophic railroad strike, negotiators had to resolve a key issue: schedules that workers say were punishing, upending their personal lives and driving colleagues from the industry.

Jay Seegmiller: Railroad working conditions affect everyone, not just railroad employees

By Jay Seegmiller | Special to The Tribune | November 24, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

By Abraham Lincoln | November 24, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Katherine and Jonny Miller serve food as the Miller family provides more than 3,000 Thanksgiving meals for people experiencing homelessness, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.

Bill Tibbitts: Two solutions to Utah’s shocking surge in child homelessness

By Bill Tibbitts | Special to The Tribune | November 25, 2022, 8:44 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Millcreek will host a temporary overflow homeless shelter, as the former Calvin S. Smith Library at 810 E. 3300 South is prepared on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, for this winter to keep unsheltered Utahns out of the cold.

Commentary: Time to show compassion for homeless families and children

| November 24, 2022, 12:55 p.m.