Editor’s Note: Below is the text of Mark Alvarez’s Jan. 24 speech from the immigration reform rally held at the Utah State Capitol. However, it also is urgent to note the broader importance of the speech’s theme – Don’t Let Utah Become Arizona – against the irresponsible and potentially ruinous ways which some state leaders [...]

‘We left the cemetery and drove through the town. Main Street was full of abandoned buildings and century-old architecture. The only place populated seemed to be the local bar. The city mourned with Dane. This is not an odd relationship in Tarkio. The dead seem to mingle seamlessly with the living. The dying buildings are [...]

Editor’s Note: Brandon Behrmann is a new guest correspondent for the blog and he has provided a short recap of yesterday’s (Jan. 16) premiere of ‘This Is Now’ written by Matthew Ivan Bennett, the resident playwright at Plan-B Theatre. The 30-minute play was commissioned to mark the 10th anniversary of Equality Utah and its mission [...]