The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.

One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.

The Atomic Age was born in secrecy, and for two decades after Hiroshima, the high priests of the cult of the atom concealed vital information about the risks to human health posed by radiation. Dr. Alice Stewart, an audacious and insightful medical researcher, was one of the first experts to alert the world to the dangers of low-level radiation.

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.

Utah today remains a battleground for land-use policies.

In a region with a growing population, if you're doing nothing, you're losing ground.