I missed the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967, stuck instead in Provo working my first full-time job at my dad’s office. Three years later I got there, on my way to Vietnam. My parents showed me the town before I left on a jet plane. I’ve been making pilgrimages to San Francisco […]
Economic discrimination and racism are needed by tyrants big and small to perpetuate their unfair and unjust dominion. Locally, two of the most egregious unfair, unjust and unnecessary forms of discrimination revolve around access to health care and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ rescinded but malingering racism against blacks. Unequal access to […]
You can’t see it but you may smell it. The cloud of smog lurking under the latest inversion isn’t the only pollution cloud on the horizon. Every house, office and classroom has its own personalized toxic cloud. Last month we explored ultrafine particulate matter from the perspective of outdoor air. This month we’ll look at […]
And U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin should study morals. Last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in response to a reporter’s question about whether Greta Thunberg’s proposal to end fossil fuel investment would threaten U.S. economic growth, cleverly dodged the question by saying that the kettle wasn’t black enough. Which was what most of the […]
When courts of law forbid the truth
Pretty pretty Nissan Leaf with Tenessee plates
Making way for the next big thing: The ugly side of land-banking and “economic development.”—by John deJong
On the verge of banishing the long, dark shadow of fossil fuels. —by John deJong
Pope Francis and St. Francis of Assisi: “On the care of our common home.” —by John deJong
You might marry for time and eternity, but it doesn’t have to seem like eternity. If you get it right, you’ll be amazed to find that 20 or 30 years have passed and you still love your partner at least as much as you did when you said “I do.” Not much in a wedding […]
Sixty-five years ago, the American Southwest was at the beginning of a uranium boom that left lasting scars on the landscape and the population—men lost to deadly jobs in the uranium mines and mills. Today, the byproducts of that boom, 700,000 tons of waste depleted uranium, are in search of a final resting place.
Too, too Soon. Is there a doctor in the house? —by John deJong
It’s good for business (and good for the environment). —by Rachel Silverstone
So, Anyway… by John Cleese. —by John deJong
Transit-disoriented development: Legislative audit of UTA reveals serious conflicts of interest. —by John deJong
