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 […]
Archives for September 2011
The top news in Utah politics this week…as far as Twitter sees it.
September 30, 2011 by
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?
September 29, 2011 by
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.
September 29, 2011 by
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, […]
September 28, 2011 by
Facebook changes: To complain or not to complain.
September 27, 2011 by
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you have noticed that your Facebook experience just got worse. Also, you probably just found out that Geico can save you money on car insurance, but that is another subject for another time. Facebook has come out with some major changes to the behemoth social networking site. The change […]
Book Preview: “Grand Strategies” by Charles Hill
September 26, 2011 by
Let’s speak frankly for a minute: if you don’t read fiction–or worse, if you read bad fiction–you are short-changing yourself. You could be missing revelations into human nature, behavior, and nuance that you might not otherwise be able to observe. Further, you might be limiting your ability to empathize, to understand, and shift your perspective. If […]
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