You have probably heard plenty of times by now that today marks 25 years since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. I doubt that any American who lived through that poignant moment in time will ever forget where they were, what they were doing or the thoughts that they had when the World Trade ...
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a 12-year-old boy living in England. Because of the five-hour time difference, I first learned that something had happened as the school day drew to a close. It wasn't until I got home later that afternoon that I saw the images of the Twin Towers burning thousands of ...
September is National Recovery Month. Across Utah, people will gather this month to celebrate something worth celebrating: People can recover from addiction. But there is a question we don't ask nearly as often. What happens after they do? We tell people struggling with addiction to ...
Labor Day arrives each year as summer begins to loosen its grip. Families gather, grills are lit, and millions of Americans enjoy a well-earned day of rest. Yet the holiday should mean more than a long weekend. It should remind us of the dignity of work, the sacrifices of those who built this ...
I recently read an article about the importance of students having a “sense of mattering,” and that phrase has really stuck with me. In higher education, we talk a lot about belonging. We want students to feel connected to their university, their classes, their professors and each other. ...
A farmer can't make his plants grow, but he can create the conditions that lead to their flourishing. A society can't make its citizens virtuous, but it can nurture the institutions that lead to virtuous citizens. Great thinkers in Western civilization have long noted the importance of ...
