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Many members of the Fourth Estate have trouble connecting rising prison populations with declining crime rates. The New York Times, The Associated Press and others can't get their brains around the notion that locking up more criminals makes society safer. Sen. E. J. "Jake" Garn, R-Utah, in an op-ed for Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services, exhibited similar difficulty with another elemental concept: "Although houses have never been more expensive than today, home sales surged to an all-time record this summer, and more than 50 million American families are expected to purchase homes over the next 10 years." Now, Sen. Garn holds...

No URL available. In the body of an article regarding college students right to carry concealed weapons, former RINO US Senator and current Trustee of University of Utah dropped this little gem. "Utahns "sometimes think gun possession is a God-given right, not a constituional right...I tell them I don't ever remember seeing Jesus packing heat."

HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT is not a luxury. Nor is it a whim, passing fad or eccentric hobby. Make no mistake, human space flight is critical to the future well-being of the United States and, ultimately, the world. The continuation of human space flight is a necessity. For those who accept that premise, it is vital that we get the space shuttle flying again as safely and as quickly as possible. Our very future may depend on it. To not understand or acknowledge that Earth is but a stepping stone for humankind is to ignore history, reality and Manifest Destiny. Through...