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Recently, the right’s mantra has been that the federal government should live within its means — just “just like American families do.” It’s a great sound bite. It’s also absurdly intellectually dishonest. Sen. Orrin Hatch supports amending the Constitution to require the federal government to have a balanced budget. The only exceptions: war and a […]

Unless the state’s bidding procedures say that, win or lose, bidders will be reimbursed their costs, in what parallel universe does Gov. Gary Herbert think it’s OK that the state paid $13 million in a confidential settlement to a losing bidder in an Interstate 15 construction bid? (“State paid $13M to settle complaint over I-15

States’ rights have been a source of argument for more than two centuries, and deserve legitimate debate. Every year our Legislature seems intent on taking one or more positions that are so lacking in merit that they can serve no purpose other than to challenge federal authority. In attempting to exempt all firearms made and