George Pyle

Opinion Editor

George has been an editorial writer, columnist and blogger for The Tribune's Opinion Section since 2002 (with a four-year diversion to do the same things for The Buffalo News in Buffalo, N.Y.).

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Why Mitt Romney is wrong about the need for federal oversight of voting rights, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | January 20, 2022, 4:45 p.m.

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This April 20, 2016, file photo shows copies of The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper in Salt Lake City.

What the LDS Church does in Utah is news, even if you are not a member, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | January 16, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Niki Chan Wylie | Special to The Tribune) A crowd gathers at a candlelight vigil for democracy at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building on Jan. 6, 2022.

How Utah politicians can elevate minority rights and not minority rule, writes George Pyle

By George Pyle | January 9, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

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Franchesco Lopez chants with protesters as they gather on the campus of Brigham Young University, with hundreds of BYU students at a rally to oppose how the school's Honor Code Office investigates and disciplines students, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Provo, Utah.

Former USU police chief was wrong. But not only for blaming the victim, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | December 26, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

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President Donald Trump stand with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, at the Utah State Capitol Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Salt Lake City.

Why Mike Lee owes us an explanation of what he knew about the Jan. 6 coup attempt, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | December 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

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The Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, Utah Friday April 12, 2013.

Utah’s political class wants to keep us frozen in the energy past, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | December 13, 2021, 5:15 a.m.

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Then-Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) at the Republican National Convention in Aug., 1984. Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation in Kansas and grievous battle wounds in Italy to become the Senate majority leader and the last of the World War II generation to win his party's nomination for president, died on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. He was 98.

How Bob Dole embodied what was good, and bad, about American politics, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | December 6, 2021, 3:07 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters waving American flags and holding signs decrying mask and vaccine mandates gathered along the curb of 700 East in Liberty Park Saturday, making Salt Lake City one of dozens of cities around the world protesting public health-related restrictions, Sept. 18, 2021.

Utah Republicans have some weird ideas of what ‘freedom’ is, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | December 5, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

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In this Aug. 21, 2019, image from video, New Zealand House Speaker Trevor Mallard bottle-feeds lawmaker Tamati Coffey's baby, Tutanekai Smith-Coffey, while presiding over a debate in parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. Mallard said he’s been trying to make Parliament a more baby-friendly place.

Why the conservative path to happiness won’t work for everyone, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | November 29, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

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In this Sept. 21, 2012, photo, U.S. novelist Toni Morrison applauds as she attends the America Festival at the U.S. embassy, in Paris.

Utah schools are pulling books. We should give students more credit, George Pyle writes

By George Pyle | November 21, 2021, 1:00 p.m.