Opinion

Editorials
Need we say it? Don’t shut the government down again
Congress faces a Jan. 30 deadline to reach a budget deal.
By 
The Deseret News Editorial Board
Analysis
Opinion: How Utah's anti-gambling stance could be in jeopardy
By 
Jay Evensen
Guest Opinion
Opinion: Restoring the bottom‑up democracy America was meant to be
By 
Edward Blake
Perspective: What to do if your loved one is experiencing unresolved trauma
By 
Alyssa Witting
Opinion: In Utah, holiday stress reflects year-round financial and emotional strain
By 
Douglas Roland Smith
Readers’ Forum: Budget should serve U.S. people, not billionaires
By 
Readers' Forum
Opinion: Restoring the bottom‑up democracy America was meant to be
By 
Edward Blake
Opinion: How Utah's anti-gambling stance could be in jeopardy
By 
Jay Evensen
Opinion: The true cost of Utah's child care desert — and what we can do to fix it
By 
Jason Thompson, Heidi Balderree and Kristin Andrus
Readers’ Forum: Let’s become great Americans again
By 
Readers' Forum
How the economy can best serve the common good
By 
Joe Waters
Opinion: The political moments that defined 2025
By 
Renae Cowley and Frank Pignanelli
Rep. Celeste Maloy: Recommitting to freedom and responsibility as we approach America 250
By 
Celeste Maloy
Gavin Newsom, angry Democrats and the end of a no-good, very bad year
By 
Jennifer Graham
Opinion: Don’t let Netflix chill Silicon Slopes
By 
Rob Bishop
Raising a family in Utah shouldn’t feel impossible
By 
Emily Bell McCormick
Opinion: Utah’s future runs through the Great Salt Lake — and we’re rising to the moment
By 
Thomas Wright
Perspective: Don’t let America’s big idea dissolve into something else
By 
Liz Joyner
Readers’ Forum: Electric school buses can lower air pollution for our children
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Readers' Forum
Opinion: New Year's lessons from a century ago
By 
Jay Evensen