| My
night in the Lions' Den with Sean Hannity
I felt like a spy. I had infiltrated two enemy strongholds
just to get a glimpse at how they work and think. The
two strongholds I infiltrated were Utah County and a
Republican right-wing rally. / By Trevor Brasfield
Reasons
students give for not voting are demonstrably absurd
Why do young people so often neglect their right to
vote? Here's what the studies show -- and why that's
so maddening. / By Evan Fetters, Hard News Cafe
political columnist
Computer-human
relation-chips?
Writing with characteristic subtlety in her classic,
The Mill on the Floss, the great English novelist
George Eliot noted: "The happiest women, like the
happiest nations, have no history." And by that
standard Hertz is a happy woman. / By Leon D'Souza
UVSC
favors free speech -- if it's the right kind
UVSC's solution to the furor over Michael Moore was
to bring in Sean Hannity to provide balance to the debate.
Balance? What UVSC alumni and Utah County residents
failed to realize is that Michael Moore was the balance
in that one-party county. / By Evan Fetters, Hard
News Cafe political columnist
Driving
nice with the other children
Anyone with a brain knows you don't
drive faster than about 65 miles per hour through Sardine
Canyon past Mantua, which connects Cache and Box Elder
counties. / By Emilie Holmes
Hark,
are those pumpkin bells? Time to think about becoming
Santa
For me, the holidays start right about this time of
year. While I half-heartedly stick a couple pumpkins
on my doorstep in an attempt at Halloween festivity,
my mind is racing ahead to cozy winter days with puffy
snowflakes falling and a mug of hot cocoa. / By
Michelle Bundy
Follow
Napoleon's lead: Be an ally, make a friend
"Vote for Pedro" brings one
name to the minds of thousands of American moviegoers:
Napoleon Dynamite. The wacky, dry-humored,
independent film set in rural Preston, Idaho, has surprised
many with its unexpected success. /
By Brandon Taylor
Same
old stuff apparently worth 8 percentage points
So it looks as if Senator Kerry won the first presidential
debate. At least that is what the latest public opinion
polls show. / By Evan Fetters
Thank
you, Dan Rather
Common sense and even a small understanding of the ethics
and responsibility of journalism should lead a rational
person to answer, no, but Dan Rather and the gang decided
to run the story anyway. / By Evan Fetters
Who
said dating was fun?
Oh, the excitement of Homecoming week. The once-a-year
event that fills high school hallways throughout the
nation with eccentrically-dressed teens in themed costumes,
buzzing excitement over the big football game and school
spirit so thick it could be spread on a piece of buttered
toast. / By Brandon Taylor
Remembering
those that keep us free
You hear about people who remember exactly where they
were and exactly what they were doing when Kennedy was
assassinated, and when man first landed on the moon,
and when the Challenger exploded. / By
Melissa Whitney
Where's
my nightlife, Logan? I wanna boogie
Is there such a thing as a sleepy college town? Can
thousands of young adults be so contented to stay inside
their apartments to watch rented movies and play Scrabble?
I find this scenario very hard to believe. / By
Meagan Rockne
No
reason to mourn over ending ban of assault weapons
I work alone. That gives me a lot of time to think about
things. Yesterday I spent the entire day trying to come
up with even one positive effect of allowing a ban on
the sale and production of assault weapons to expire.
/ By Evan Fetters, Hard News Cafe
political columnist
Life
in a fish bowl slowly proving a little more breathing
room
" Do you ever feel like you are swimming in a fish
bowl?" a wise man once asked me. To be frank, yes
I do. I'm the product of two divorces and three marriages.
/ By Lindsay Grace
Nader's
bizarre utopia beautiful but dangerous for America
Somewhere in the recesses of his activist mind, this
right-thinking leftist politician sees a democratic
Eden. And it’s a splendid place, to be sure.
/ By Leon D'Souza, Hard News Cafe editor
emeritus
Gay
governor's actions commendable, says a liberal Utahn
now on East Coast
This sort of thing doesn't happen in Utah. / By
Lindsay Grace
Just
or unjust, affirmative action is still a bad idea
Instead of achieving its goal of helping minorities
to ascend the cultural ladder, affirmative action will
do more harm than help to minorities in the long run.
/ By Evan Fetters, Hard News Cafe political columnist
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