Articles by The Salt Lake Tribune

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And Now We Sit and Watch in Disbelief
Garrison Keillor – The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec 2016

6 Dec 2016 – It’s a wonderful satire right out of Twain or Thurber, a minority of the electorate goes for the loosest and least knowledgeable candidate, certain that he will lose and their votes will only be harmless protest, a middle finger to Washington, and then — Whoa. The joke comes true. You put a whoopee cushion on your father’s chair and he sits down and it barks and he has a massive coronary. You wanted to get a rise out of him and instead he falls down dead. Very funny.

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DeChristopher Guilty of Placing Bogus Bids
Brandon Loomis & Aaron Falk - The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Mar 2011

Newly convicted climate activist Tim DeChristopher appreciated the songs, the banners and the hugs outside the courthouse Thursday [3 Mar 2011], but he expects more. “We know that now I’ll have to go to prison,” DeChristopher said. “If we’re going to achieve our vision, many after me will have to join me as well.” The 29-year-old Salt Lake City man said he is prepared to do time after Thursday’s two felony guilty verdicts for misrepresenting himself and placing bogus bids at a federal oil and gas lease auction.

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U.S. Blocks Security Council Criticism of Israeli Raid
The Salt Lake Tribune – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Jun 2010

The Obama administration refused to endorse a statement that singled out Israel, and proposed a broader condemnation of the violence that would include the assault of the Israeli commandos as they landed on the deck of the ship.

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