August 13, 2026

The Obama Presidency, By the Numbers

Because sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words…   [VIA]

“Bring it on,” says Speaker Lockhart.

Speaker Becky Lockhart ain’t afraid of the big bad wolf. Or Jim Dabakis, either, for that matter. By the time you read this, you’ll also be able to read the Robert Gehrke’s intrepid reporting about the Utah Legislature‘s Special Session Monday on redistricting. I can’t wait to see what juicy tidbits he has found. Meanwhile, […]

Utah Democrats raffling off LDS Conference tickets.

Utah Democratic Chair Jim Dabakis is raffling off the chance to sit with him at the LDS Church’s biannual General Conference.  Does that amount to selling political favors or missionary work? And who is getting worked? Last I heard, Dabakis was not a Mormon–so is this some strange way of getting him to listen to […]

The top news in Utah politics this week…as far as Twitter sees it.

It’s Friday, and you know what that means: time to look back at the week in news. Sort of. This week, we’re going to look back at what’s being discussed in the myopic world of Utah politics on Twitter, specifically with the hashtag #utpol. Yeah. Really. I’m that scientific about it (and in case you […]

Vladimir Putin: the “most interesting man in the world,” or the beginning of a personality cult?

Vladimir Putin: the man, the myth, the … next president of Russia? In the post-Clinton age, if there’s one person who appears on the Drudge Report more than Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, it’s Mr. Putin. If it’s not in relationship to international affairs and Russia, he appears there in some daring, manly activity, occasionally […]

Este Pizzeria. New York style pizza in Salt Lake City.

With a couple of chairs and small tables outside and a flat glass window, you don’t know what you’re getting when you walk up to Este Pizzeria. What you get is faux urban, pop culture decorated, and all deliciousness. I ordered a half-half split pizza–half all cheese for my friend, toppings of sausage, some onions, […]

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