September 3, 2010
Tony Norman
A few months ago, I stumbled across author Nicholas Carr being interviewed on NPR about his new book, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains." I've long suspected our brains were undergoing rapid evolutionary changes because of the Internet.
September 3, 2010
Gene Collier
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's accomplished footballers spent most of Thursday sequestered at the Marriott University Park, I guess because God forbid someone might wander into a library or a physics lab on the day of the nationally televised home opener against Pitt.
September 3, 2010
Ron Cook
You are about to read a sentence that I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would be writing this morning. The starting quarterback for your Steelers in their opening game against the Atlanta Falcons a week from Sunday will be Charlie Batch. Not Dennis Dixon. Really.
September 2, 2010
Brian O'Neill
Bookstore tourism? Why not? Better to visit these quaint old (and new) shops now rather than wait a few years and tour the ruins.
September 1, 2010
Reg Henry
When my father was about 95 and living in a nursing home, he complained to me about the younger women he had met there. "These younger women," he said, "they can't make good conversation -- they don't know anything about football." His younger women oblivious to football would have been in their 80s at the time.
September 1, 2010
Dan Simpson
Hillary Clinton brings a lifetime of experience to bear on Middle East peace talks
August 30, 2010
Ruth Ann Dailey
We glided into the cove with as few, quiet strokes as possible. Halfway around the dappled expanse, we backed our kayaks up against a dead tree and sat back to savor the view. Hundreds of hot pink blossoms floated along the lakeshore opposite us, waxy green petals touching, undulating slightly as the last ripple from our oars passed underneath them.
August 29, 2010
Sally Kalson
A bounty of fresh produce makes parting a sweeter sorrow
August 29, 2010
Jack Kelly
The Pentagon needs a trim, but there's more fat elsewhere
August 29, 2010
David Shribman
The end of combat in Iraq brings little clarity and few illusions
August 26, 2010
Samantha Bennett
Is it just me, or has the news gotten predictable lately? Open your paper, turn on your radio or TV, go online, and you get pretty much the same stories in every category.