Editor: Our government was set up to secure the blessings of liberty. Those blessings become less secure. Lincoln said the essence of slavery is “you toil and work and earn bread, and I’ll eat it....
Spreading the word about pink slime Editor: The Pink Slime! A deliciously descriptive phrase which describes filler used in over 70 percent of all ground beef. The phrase was coined by Gerald Zirnstein, a former microbiologist wor...
Don’t give out your bank information Editor: I received a phone call from a person with an east Indian accent. She said they are sending me a medical card, asked me to verify my address, phone, etc. She asked if I was a “senior,” and...
Must be a better way Editor: The Davis Clipper Caucus Criticism 26 March 2012 Being dutiful and obedient, my wife and I attended our local caucus meeting last week. We came away perplexed and frustrated by the process...
Letter to Editor: Animal shelters should stop using gas chamber In light of Andrea, the cat who survived a gas chamber twice at a West Valley City animal shelter, PETA urges Utah lawmakers to join the growing number of states that have banned the cruel practice...
Congress could save the Post Office Editor: According to the news, the Post Office is going bankrupt, needs to increase cost of 1st class mail, or cut down deliveries. As usual, the government has things backwards. Instead of “all ...
Time to face the economic reality Editor: Senators Hatch and Lee’s Balanced Budget Amendment is nothing but political grandstanding. It’s good politics but it’s not reality. You could never get federal spending down to 18 perce...
Editor: My husband and I like a Subway sandwich now and again. We went to the Subway at 455 S. 500 W. where we always go. My husband went to our place and sat down. I ordered a Subway club and two...
Editor: Kaidence and her family would like to thank the many wonderful people of our community who gathered together to raise money for Kaidence’s second heart transplant through the two fundraise...
Editor: I want to tell you a Christmas story. On Nov. 16, 2011 my husband died suddenly, leaving me alone with our three young children. A few weeks later two Davis County police officers came by ...
Editor: There is a small movement in the Republican Party to essentially do away with the current caucus system. The issue is going to be debated on December 16, 2011. I favor keeping the delega...
Editor: Bountiful City Manager Tom Hardy was quoted in the Nov. 17 Clipper as saying that “the Forest Service is on the hook” for environmental cleanup costs at the Bountiful Gun Range. He reitera...
Editor: I think that people should be more careful in the Main Street and 1500 South roundabout. Recently my dad and I drove through the roundabout and just as we left the roundabout someone ente...
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Elias Abuelazam dutifully tended the cash register at a party store for $10 an hour. But after punching out, according to police, he was a different, dangerous guy, repeatedly faking car trouble in the wee hours and then stabbing strangers who responded to an appeal for help....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago....