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Two years ago I did a cover story about Springville cowboy Mike Bartlett called True Grit. He had lost the love of his life, the spring-to-autumn care of cattle in Hobble Creek canyon for a local cattlemen's association, to a Mexican rider.---
Teabaggers, furious that a Democratic majority led by a Democratic president is actually managing to get things done on Capitol Hill for once, have resorted to death threats and vandalism. Over the past year, the GOP's No. 1 priority has been to sabotage any legislation that might aid in the nation's recovery -- particularly health-care reform.
At the end of December, there was a curious e-mail exchange at Hill Air Force Base, where, among other things, F-16 fighters are repaired and returned to combat. Capt. Jason Evans advised HAFB workers that "active duty" employees were required to receive H1N1 vaccine. A female employee wrote back in a base-wide e-mail that "I truly believe by getting the H1N1 vaccine [it will] damage your DNA."---
The wheels of Roseanne World grind loudly, but they grind exceedingly fine. Mormonism, in particular, has a special place in the ever-controversial Roseanne Barr's heart.
Throughout the state, political junkies will gather tonight in the first step of a complicated electoral process. And despite what The Atlantic wants you to believe, there are no "results" to report when they're done.---
Rumor has it that In-N-Out Burger is coming to Layton, supposedly to the sight of the defunct Fuddruckers. --- So, I decided to try to find out if there was any truth to the rumor.
