explosion , as demand slumped during the economic crisis, to cut its purchases from Ashgabat. Supporting the fledgling democracy in Libya, far from friendly to Russia, has the valuable side benefit...

. On the last weekend of January, priests in Catholic churches across America read extraordinary letters to their congregations. The missives informed the laity that President Obama and his...

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy Feb. 1, 2012 at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Virginia. The Obama administration has prevented church run universities,...

A birth control pill container. The Catholic Church and the Obama Administration are fighting over the a requirement that most institutions provide contraceptive health...

Facebook's initial public offering is just the latest in a nine-month series of blockbuster tech IPOs, rekindling memories of the go-go markets of the late 1990s. Ahh, good times — at...

From the archive In Ike J. May's Letter to the Editor he states that President Obama's policies and procedures helped create the "net" for the poor ("Romney, the very...

As 2011 closed, economic indicators were trending positive. As we now get our first look at the start of 2012, it appears that individual New Year's resolutions for a brighter 2012 are holding....

From the archive We are seriously in debt, thanks to the politicians in Washington. They believe that compromise is necessary. What we need are people who know what they believe and refuse to...

From the archive A well deserved tribute was paid to the late Clint Frohm recently by the Murray Symphony. He was the director of the Symphony until shortly before his untimely death in 2010. But...

Homeowners in the Millcreek Townships can expect a knock at their door in the coming weeks and months. Volunteers are collecting signatures on a petition and handing out brochures. If their goal of...

Orrin Hatch . He has been there too long and compromised too many times. I was looking for another Mike Lee type who really understands how government is supposed to work. Then I got a mailer...

It must now be obvious that, economically speaking, we're in another country. Things we once took for granted no longer apply; things we never imagined occur all the time. We've entered a...

Lawmakers in the past have avoided the urge to insert political messaging into Michigan's lineup of specialized vehicle license plates, but it looks like that could change during this...

Imperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow. It prefigured the...

"Patent pending" has a whole new meaning for Michigan.The recent announcement by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that it will open a satellite office in downtown Detroit is the latest...

The death of Don Cornelius, creator and host of "Soul Train," brought two conflicting memories to mind: the weekly joy of that iconic program as a defining feature of black American pop...

Really, you'd think with all their money, vaunted organization skills and control-freak machinery, Mitt Romney's people could get someone to translate for us when he talks off the cuff.We...

In the Feb. 2 editorial, "Let auto insurers compete on repair choice," consumers were led to believe that policyholder choice isn't honored by our company. Safelite Solutions...

Trading dependencies Mark Perry got it right in his article advocating stopping the electric car subsidies ("Unplug electric car subsidies," Jan. 19). Every one of his points was sound....

Obama's re-election than Chrysler's "It's Halftime in America" Super Bowl spot featuring Clint Eastwood. There is every reason to believe that the pro-Obama theme was...

There's little doubt how Syria's autocratic government manages to endure in a region remade by the Arab Spring push for change. Its brutal leader, Bashar Assad, leans on Russia and China to...

Sales should exceed $36 million, up "at least 6 percent" from the same quarter of 2010, when Salt Lake City-based Black Diamond raked in $34 million, the company said...

I have no sympathy for Robert Jones and others who are fighting red-light cameras ("Steep fines spur anger at cameras," Feb. 5). As a pedestrian, I must be constantly vigilant when...

"We are beginning to see ... companies creating controversy, whether intentional or not, through the ad content, either by generating buzz before, or even submitting ads they know may not get...

Oakland police form a perimiter on Broadway and 23rd and begin making arrests of protesters with Occupy Oakland as they continued their march into the evening through the streets of downtown in...

I t’s unusual when a reporter sympathetic to a politician writes a story that makes his subject look bad. But Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker has now done this twice. The first time was in an...

R eligious freedom is a core American principle, one that our Founding Fathers enshrined in the Constitution and called on future generations of leaders to preserve and protect. Despite our deeply...

H owie Carr is being dishonest in citing Elizabeth Warren’s supposed claim that she is not rich ("Moonbat logic explains how millionaire isn’t rich," Feb. 3). What Professor...

Questions are being raised as to why the Catholic Cemetery in Trinidad is not being well kept and where money for the cemetery is disappearing to. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) Run-down...

The opinions, often expressed in tweets, came fast and furious after Twitter revealed its revised censorship policy late last month. Social-media users, who had just pushed back against...

As we enter the 2012 election season, should American Muslims be bracing for another round of Islamophobia? Certainly the 2010 elections were rife with attacks on American Muslims, seeking to deny...

In the most recent Gallup poll on abortion, as many Americans described themselves as prolife as called themselves pro-choice. A combined 58 percent of Americans stated that abortion should either...

Citizens United decision , and it doesn't work. Oh, yes, it works nicely for the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country, especially if they want to shroud their efforts to influence...

From the archive Profound changes to the global economy contributed to today's crisis and make it harder to resolve. Bergsten — director of the influential Peterson Institute for...

Facebook's IPO, or initial public offering, will lead to shareholder pressure on the firm to squeeze profits out of users' personal data. Google, too, faces more scrutiny as it mines user...

President Obama errs in pushing nuclear negotiation, writes this ex-CIA spy in Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Four US presidents tried and failed. The problem lies in Iran's fanatic ideology....

(Steve Griffin | Tribune File Photo) The Huka girls at the Huka Bar and Grill. Owner Nathan Porter said a bill that would have included hookahs under the Indoor Clean Air Act would have put him out...

The federal government has swooped down on 105 people in 23 states as part of a nationwide crackdown on identity theft and tax-refund fraud that was timed to warn cheats and potential victims to...

Associated Press file photo Under the deal, the mortgage principal for about 1 million homeowners would be written down by an average of $20,000. An additional 750,000 Americans -- about half the...

Boise, Idaho o The new CEO of Micron Technology Inc. had been planning to retire at an early age in August, before his company called on him to replace Steve Appleton, who died last week in a plane...

Delta Air Lines Inc. began reporting a key monthly revenue figure for the first time Monday, and it showed a 14.5 percent jump from a year...

Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. (AP Photo/Isaac...

The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah each will receive $1.75 million, FJ Management Inc. said...

Huntsman Corp., the worldwide chemicals conglomerate based out of Salt Lake City and The Woodlands, Texas, said it has appointed Jon Huntsman Jr. to its board of...

Utah Valley University's new Business Resource Center has named Utah Valley business leader Roger Andrus as director. In his position, he will help entrepreneurs and small businesses use the...

FROM Penn State to Miramonte Elementary School, there's a pattern to the recent child molestation stories: Revelation of charges. Further revelation that the suspicions aren't new. Public...