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Susan R. Madsen: There’s no excuse in 2021 for the lack of gender diversity in boardrooms

By Susan R. Madsen | Special to The Tribune | March 4, 2021, 10:00 p.m.

President Donald Trump kisses the American flag after speaking at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Johnny Townsend: Make the Apocalypse great again

By Johnny Townsend | Special to The Tribune | March 4, 2021, 8:31 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox talks about his plans to hopefully burn his mask by July 4th as he speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

Clifton Jolley: Polio survivors have no patience for anti-vax foolishness

By Clifton Jolley | Special to The Tribune | March 4, 2021, 6:00 p.m.

(Christopher Dolan | The Times-Tribune via AP) Dr. Seuss childrens' books, from left, "If I Ran the Zoo," "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," "On Beyond Zebra!" and "McElligot's Pool" are displayed at the North Pocono Public Library in Moscow, Pa., Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy said Tuesday, that these four titles, as well as “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer,” will no longer be published because of racist and insensitive imagery.

Charles M. Blow: Six Seuss books bore a bias

By Charles M. Blow | The New York Times | March 4, 2021, 4:45 p.m.

Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Nicholas Kristof: How to talk to people who are wrong

By Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times | March 4, 2021, 2:00 p.m.

Rich Lowry: Alzheimer’s cannot extinguish the human personality

By Rich Lowry | National Review | March 3, 2021, 3:32 p.m.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to bring the Democrats' HR-1 "For the People Act" to the floor for a vote, during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leonard Pitts: America spends a lot of time trying to kill democracy

By Leonard Pitts | The Miami Herald | March 3, 2021, 2:00 p.m.

(Lola Gomez | The Dallas Morning News via AP)

DeAndré Upshaw shows a $5,000 bill from Griddy on his cell phone for his 900-square-foot apartment during very cold weather in Dallas, on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The Texas power supplier Griddy, which sells unusual plans with prices tied to the spot price of power on the Texas grid, warned its customers over the weekend that their bills would rise significantly during the storm and that they should switch providers.

Paul Krugman: Too much choice is bad for Americans

By Paul Krugman | The New York Times | March 3, 2021, 1:51 a.m.

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Old Main Building at Utah State University.

Lisa Berreau and Kathleen Riebe: The value of undergraduate research for Utah college students

By Lisa Berreau and Kathleen Riebe | Special to The Tribune | March 2, 2021, 9:00 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo)

In this Nov. 18 photo, University of Utah student Abigail Shull takes a rapid COVID-19 test in Salt Lake City.

Andrew S. Weyrich and Richard R. Orlandi: U’s COVID-19 testing program is making our community safer

By Andrew S. Weyrich and Richard R. Orlandi | Special to The Tribune | March 2, 2021, 9:00 p.m.

(Tribune File Photo) Supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community hold up signs during a protest over recent remarks by LDS apostle Boyd K. Packer that same-sex attraction is "impure and "unnatural," in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010.

Nathan Kitchen: Time for the LDS Church to accept LGBTQ equality

By Nathan Kitchen | Special to The Tribune | March 2, 2021, 4:46 p.m.

Voter Oppression | Pat Bagley

Charles M. Blow: Voter suppression is grand larceny

By Charles M. Blow | The New York Times | March 2, 2021, 2:00 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo)

In this Aug. 20, 2020, photo, the Utah House of Representatives convenes for a special session of the Legislature at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Matthew Weinstein: The high price of lower taxes in Utah

By Matthew Weinstein | Special to The Tribune | March 1, 2021, 11:30 p.m.

(Erin Schaff | The New York Times) People protesting the presidential election results inside the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2020. The Capitol building was placed on lockdown, with senators and members of the House locked inside their chambers, as Congress began debating President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. President Trump addressed supporters near the White House before protesters marched to Capitol Hill.

Eric Hubner: Christian extremism: Will the Saints go marching in?

By Eric Hubner | Special to The Tribune | March 1, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Jen Beard) A boulder hosting a historic petroglyph sits overturned in the water near Gunlock State Parking in Washington County on May 7, 2020.

John G. Taylor: Some visitors to Southwest Utah are doing beastly things to our relics

By John G. Taylor | Special to The Tribune | March 1, 2021, 8:17 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Energy Fuels Resources, which operates the only conventional uranium mill in the United States near Blanding, in San Juan County, Utah, June 24, 2020. The plant applied for a permit to reprocess 660 tons of radioactive powder stored at the Silmet rare metals plant in Sillame, Estonia, more than 5,000 miles away, for its uranium content in 2020.

Talia Boyd: Who is really listening to uranium-impacted communities?

By Talia Boyd | Special to The Tribune | March 1, 2021, 6:18 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snowboarders on the slopes at Brighton during night skiing hours on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.

Pete Vordenberg: Americans can work together to work against climate change

By Pete Vordenberg | Special to The Tribune | March 1, 2021, 4:26 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People join Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski on Thursday, May 16, 2019, as part of the annual Mayor's Bike to Work Day. This year's ride began at the Northwest Recreation Center and ran primarily along the Jordan River Trail in an effort to show off the investments the city and others have made to the trail including the new 120-foot arch bridge that connects the north and south sides of the trail between 200 South and North Temple.

Andrew Gruber: Utah should increase investment in the post-pandemic ‘bike boom’

By Andrew Gruber | Special to The Tribune | March 1, 2021, 2:00 p.m.

(Anna Moneymaker | The New York Times)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), right, speaks to reporters before a luncheon with other Senate Republicans in Washington, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. "The role of the press in a functioning democracy is as watchdog, not partisan attack dog. Politicians have plenty of people spinning for them. They don’t need the press doing that, too," writes New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd.

Maureen Dowd: Now it’s the left that’s mad when journalists do their job

By Maureen Dowd | The New York Times | March 1, 2021, 2:00 a.m.

(Damon Winter | The New York Times)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers the State of the State address in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. "From Andrew Cuomo’s scandals to the European vaccine disaster, after Trump the failures of his foils have been laid bare," writes New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat.

Ross Douthat: The twilight of the anti-Trump idols

By Ross Douthat | The New York Times | February 28, 2021, 11:30 p.m.

Michelle Goldberg: The campaign to cancel wokeness

By Michelle Goldberg | The New York Times | February 28, 2021, 9:16 p.m.

(Khyati Trehan | The New York Times)

Carl Zimmer: The secret life of a coronavirus

By Carl Zimmer | The New York Times | February 28, 2021, 7:02 p.m.

(Ricardo B. Brazziell | Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Brett Archibald tries to entertain his family as they attempt to stay warm in their home the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021. Anger over Texas’ power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze mounted Tuesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity and heat — out for 36 hours or longer in many homes — would return soon or stay on once it finally does.

Cameron Carter: Don’t be like Texas. Why Utah must take climate change seriously.

By Cameron Carter | Special to The Tribune | February 28, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

(Tim Enthoven | The New York Times)

Humans Are Animals. Let’s Get Over It.

Crispin Sartwell: Humans are animals. We need to get over it.

By Crispin Sartwell | The New York Times | February 28, 2021, 4:04 p.m.

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, a Qanon believer speaks to a crowd of President Donald Trump supporters outside of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office where votes in the general election are being counted, in Phoenix. In its annual report set to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Leonard Pitts: Listen to Y before it’s too late

By Leonard Pitts | The Miami Herald | February 28, 2021, 1:00 p.m.