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Posts Tagged ‘Utah’

August 4th, 2024 - 2:01 am § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

This woman won’t be a senator, but she’s running anyway

John Curtis (bio here) is the 2024 GOP nominee for the Utah Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. Curtis is a boring man. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a management degree, worked in business, got tired of losing as a Democrat in a deep-red state so became a Republican, and was[...]

October 19th, 2022 - 12:23 pm § in Politics

Silly political argument of the day

Today I’m going to pick on an MSNBC opinion writer who waxed less than eloquent on the Utah Senate race. That race is between incumbent GOP Sen. Mike Lee, who views on voting rights are explained here, and Evan McMullin, an independent libertarian who recently was the target of (choose one) [�[...]

November 12th, 2021 - 9:05 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism, Schools & Colleges

Utah school ignored racist bullying, now it’ll pay millions to family of a dead student

Izzy Tichenor is 10, black, autistic, and dead by her own hand. She committed suicide on Saturday, November 6, 2021, after relentless bullying and teasing by other students, including frequent use of the “N” word, which her teacher and principal ignored despite her parents’ repeate[...]