Latter-day Saints in South Jordan didn’t need lobbyist/stake president Marty Stephens telling them to “follow the prophet” by voting against medical marijuana. In a church that stresses obedience, ...

The bigger irony in Al Franken’s resignation is that this announcement was on Pearl Harbor Day. It was the day we went to war with “absolute” powers. Blind obedience leads to tyranny. Remember the ...

It was hard to choose today’s column topic. For example, I could write on the Tuesday story about Utah once again being the worst state in the nation for women’s equality. We come in at No. 50, behind ...

What if the greatest act of respect wasn’t blind obedience, but the courage to think for yourself? What if choosing your own ...

Recently, a letter writer called for each of us to exercise a more ethical approach when dealing with others [" 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch's free speech," Dec. 29]. In the process, the writer committed ...

A sucker in a casino is the bettor who pushes their chips all in when the hand they hold is empty of any value. In politics, it has become increasingly obvious that Oklahoma’s national legislators ...

Rachel Maddow reports on the ridiculous, bungled spectacle of the Trump administration's release of unredacted documents related to the JFK assassination. Donald Trump appears to have thoughtlessly ...

Members of the Long Gray Line, graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, warned this year's graduate class not to practice "blind obedience" to leadership. Meanwhile, ...