EDITORIAL: Keep Watching the Wubbels/Payne Tape – It Gets Worse
At this point, the names University of Utah nurse Alex Wubbels and Salt Lake City Police Department Detective Jeff Payne have become inexorably intertwined after The…
Category: Opinion
Editorial: “I’m humiliated…I know why people kill themselves” – The Nefarious Way Victim Shaming Works So Well
Author’s/Editor’s Note: This editorial is in response to questions brought forward from the previously published editorial. Utah Political Capitol appreciates your continued understanding regarding the…
Editorial: My Wife is Not a Liar – The View from the Victim’s Side
Author’s/Editor’s Note: Though Utah Political Capitol seeks to write and editorialize issues from a non-personal standpoint, extraordinary circumstances have placed individuals close to Utah Political…
From the Writer’s Desk: Trump’s Stance on Flag Burning: Un-American, an Insult to the Constitution
I’m absolutely sickened by President-elect Donald J. Trump’s assertion that flag-burners should lose their citizenship or spend one year in jail. The very idea of…
Editorial: Christensen Should be Stripped of Chairmanship
For more than a decade I have closely followed the Utah State Legislature. In that time I have heard offensive comments about babies being black…
Opinion: Support Local Sustainable Agriculture, Support HB 144
The 2016 bill, HB 144 – Food Freedom Act, proposes that small farmers be allowed to sell their edible critters directly to consumers. That means I…
Opinion: Count My Vote and SB 54 – Winning a Battle,Losing the War
We’re about a year away from the heat of the 2016 campaign season, and roughly six months away from filing or signature gathering. For the…
Opinion: FCC Harmed Businesses, Consumers, with Auto-Dial Decision
By Asenath Horton A 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in June means everything to contact centers and the employees who rely on…
Editorial: Democratic Silence Speaks Volumes
In January of 2013, the response from the Utah Democratic Party was swift: bring in a special prosecutor from Washington DC to conduct an independent…
From The Writer’s Desk: The Legislature Needs to Take Water Seriously
Last week, the Auditor General for the Legislature released a report showing gross inaccuracies in Utah’s water data. The data was so inaccurate that the…