Salt Lake has made the transition from heroin to fentanyl. In fact, it is almost impossible to find heroin in the valley anymore. We used to have a heroin epidemic, now we have the fentanyl epidemic, and it is so much more dangerous.

Any excuse to visit Manoli’s restaurant for chef/owner Manoli Katsanevas’ ethereal Mediterranean cuisine is a solid one. But for me, that’s especially true during the four evenings or so throughout spring and summer when Manoli cooks up an entire lamb on a spit outside the restaurant over hot coals.

Are modern agriculture and chemical “solutions” causing chronic disease? Infertility rates have doubled over the past ten years and increased cases of chronic diseases such as juvenile asthma, juvenile, diabetes, Type-2 diabetes, and heart and lung diseases have increased ten-fold in the past 50 years.

As crazy as it sounds, there may be collusion among some Utah legislators and others to allow an already diminished Great Salt Lake to dry up completely.