Christopher Smart

Utahns are in for a cool, musical slide into summer as Gov. Spencer Cox has declared June as “High Fidelity Month.” It's nice that someone has finally taken the trouble to dedicate an entire month to good music.

Who knew a 1972 rock 'n roll anthem would be an ongoing tourist attraction for a dusty, little western town. True enough, people come from all over to stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and break into the The Eagles smash hit, “Take It Easy.”

She gave up the glitz, glamour and bright lights to move to the country, raise kids on a Utah farm and form a big corporation to make big bucks. Hannah Neelman, a Julliard-trained ballerina, is a so-called “tradwife” influencer, who, according to The New York Times, has 23 million followers across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

The big-mouth celebrity investor in the Box Elder “Death Star” data center is eating his words. Kevin O'Leary—who still has the inside track on building a gigantic data center in northern Utah—now says the folks opposing the Death Star are not puppets of the Chinese after all.

Donald Trump hijacked what should have been a national celebration of unity and bent it for his own interests. Congress had created “America250,” a non-partisan commission to create a multifaceted observance of the Declaration of Independence. But Trump created “Freedom 250” by executive order to take over the patriotic milestone.

Christopher Smart “I'm from the government, and I'm here to help,” were what President Ronald Reagan repeatedly called the nine most terrifying words in the English language.

The U.S. government taking stakes in AI companies is a disaster in the making, Christopher Smart writes.

Well Wilson, here we go again. A new branding campaign is about to descend on us, bringing even more people to Utah.

Hey Wilson, did you see this headline in The Washington Post: “Fashionistas dub Zara’s new wide-leg trousers ‘death pants.’” Women complain of tripping on the trendy pants, made popular by the Spanish manufacturer Zara, which also sells clothing, accessories, beauty products and perfumes.

You're not gonna believe this Wilson, but Hannah Freeze—the new Great Salt Lake commissioner tasked with saving the dying inland sea—used to hawk caps emblazoned with “Make Alfalfa Great Again.” Appointed recently by Gov. Spencer “We-Won't-Let-The-Lake-Die” Cox, she sold the hats for $20.