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Friday, October 26, 2018

The tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/the-tragedy-of-saudi-arabias-war-in-yemen/
Posted by Krista at 7:28 PM No comments:

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The Student Loan Debt Crisis Is About to Get Worse

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/the-student-loan-debt-crisis-is-about-to-get-worse
Posted by Krista at 5:50 PM No comments:

When Crime Is a Family Affair

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/crime-runs-family/573394/
Posted by Krista at 10:47 AM No comments:

Sunday, October 21, 2018

The Key to Being Safer Online Is Actually a Key

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-key-to-being-safer-online-is-actually-a-key-1540126800?mod=e2fb
Posted by Krista at 10:12 AM No comments:

Sunday, October 14, 2018

The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/10/how-berea-college-makes-tuition-free-with-its-endowment/572644/
Posted by Krista at 5:33 PM No comments:

Saturday, October 13, 2018

The Scourge of ‘Diversity’

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scourge-of-diversity-1539385139
Posted by Krista at 8:44 PM No comments:

So many people have had their DNA sequenced that they've put other people's privacy in jeopardy

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-dna-genealogy-privacy-20181012-story.html
Posted by Krista at 6:48 PM No comments:

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Mr. Rogers vs. the Superheroes

https://longreads.com/2018/09/19/mr-rogers-vs-the-superheroes/
Posted by Krista at 9:24 PM No comments:

Thursday, September 13, 2018

To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sunday/civil-society-library.html
Posted by Krista at 11:55 AM No comments:

Thursday, August 30, 2018

John McCain and the Dying Art of Political Compromise

https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-mccain-and-the-dying-art-of-political-compromise-1535581611
Posted by Krista at 10:55 AM No comments:

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-is-denying-passports-to-americans-along-the-border-throwing-their-citizenship-into-question/2018/08/29/1d630e84-a0da-11e8-a3dd-2a1991f075d5_story.html
Posted by Krista at 6:26 PM No comments:

Friday, August 24, 2018

Here's why anxiety in boys can look like anger, and how some famous role models can help them get through it

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900028899/be-a-man-many-boys-avoid-the-sources-of-their-anxiety-role-models-are-pushing-them-to-face-their-fears.html
Posted by Krista at 8:05 PM No comments:

The Humanities Are in Crisis

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/08/the-humanities-face-a-crisisof-confidence/567565/
Posted by Krista at 7:39 PM No comments:

Thursday, August 23, 2018

The Organized Chaos of Botaoshi, Japan’s Wildest Game

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/sports/botaoshi-japan.html
Posted by Krista at 8:03 PM No comments:

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Are We Loving Shelter Dogs to Death?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/shelter-dogs-no-kill-policies.html
Posted by Krista at 11:44 AM No comments:

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Why are so many people Trump hires corrupt, incompetent and immoral?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/14/why-are-so-many-people-trump-hires-corrupt-incompetent-and-immoral/
Posted by Krista at 2:23 PM No comments:

Monday, August 13, 2018

An Underappreciated Key to College Success: Sleep

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/well/an-underappreciated-key-to-college-success-sleep.html
Posted by Krista at 6:14 PM No comments:

Are rich people more likely to lie, cheat, steal? Science explains the world of Manafort and Gates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/13/are-rich-people-more-likely-to-lie-cheat-steal-science-explains-the-world-of-manafort-and-gates/
Posted by Krista at 5:24 PM No comments:

Sunday, August 12, 2018

New data makes it clear: Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/09/new-data-makes-it-clear-nonvoters-handed-trump-the-presidency/
Posted by Krista at 1:26 PM No comments:

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Sending your kids to college increases the chances you’ll lose your house

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/06/sending-your-kids-college-increases-chances-youll-lose-your-house/
Posted by Krista at 4:06 PM No comments:

Friday, August 3, 2018

Too Many Jobs Feel Meaningless Because They Are

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-01/too-many-jobs-feel-meaningless-because-they-are
Posted by Krista at 4:23 PM No comments:

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Here's How America Uses Its Land

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
Posted by Krista at 10:46 PM No comments:

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Vanishing in the Wild, These Salamanders Found Refuge in a Convent

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/science/achoques-salamanders-nuns-mexico.html
Posted by Krista at 6:47 PM No comments:

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Mr. Rogers was my actual neighbor. He was everything he was on TV and more.

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/7/26/17616380/fred-rogers-documentary-2018-mister-rogers-neighborhood
Posted by Krista at 6:07 PM No comments:

Out of the blue: A look back at Air Force One's classic design

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/air-force-one-trump-design-history/index.html
Posted by Krista at 5:47 PM No comments:

Sunday, July 8, 2018

You Are Here 10 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Everyday Decisions

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/10-cognitive-biases-affect-your-everyday-decisions
Posted by Krista at 1:51 PM No comments:

Friday, July 6, 2018

Generation vexed: How anxiety stalks teens in Utah and across the nation

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900023012/teens-and-anxiety-utah-faces-a-growing-national-crisis.html
Posted by Krista at 11:49 AM No comments:

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist?

https:hhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/magazine/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wolf-scientist.html
Posted by Krista at 5:44 PM No comments:

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

With a Sniff and a Signal, These Dogs Hunt Down Threats to Bees

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/dining/dogs-bees-colonies-sniff-bacteria.html
Posted by Krista at 2:06 PM No comments:

Monday, July 2, 2018

‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-way-of-monetizing-poor-people-how-private-equity-firms-make-money-offering-loans-to-cash-strapped-americans/2018/07/01/5f7e2670-5dee-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html
Posted by Krista at 11:12 AM No comments:

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Why I took my case over forced union dues to the Supreme Court

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-took-my-case-over-forced-union-dues-to-the-supreme-court/2018/06/30/cbd3168e-7bc9-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html
Posted by Krista at 3:04 PM No comments:

Doctor, Your Patient Is Waiting. It’s a Red Panda.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/health/medical-training-zoos.html
Posted by Krista at 2:33 PM No comments:

Cages Are Cruel. The Desert Is, Too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/sunday/cages-are-cruel-the-desert-is-too.html
Posted by Krista at 2:23 PM No comments:

More Women Than Men: State Legislatures Could Shift for the First Time

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/30/us/politics/women-state-legislators.html
Posted by Krista at 2:16 PM No comments:

There’s no such thing as motivation

https://medium.com/swlh/theres-no-such-thing-as-motivation-e02edd7de30
Posted by Krista at 2:03 PM No comments:

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Does American ‘Tribalism’ End in a Compromise, or a Fight?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/magazine/does-american-tribalism-end-in-a-compromise-or-a-fight.html
Posted by Krista at 8:58 PM No comments:

Monday, June 25, 2018

Our Newsroom Doesn’t Have a Poet Laureate. But This Guy Is Pretty Close.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/reader-center/newsroom-poet-laureate-limericks.html
Posted by Krista at 9:20 PM No comments:

How Voting Laws Have Changed Since 2016

https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/voting-changes-2018#145848
Posted by Krista at 3:57 PM No comments:

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Why You Can’t Really Trust Negative Online Reviews

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/smarter-living/trust-negative-product-reviews.html
Posted by Krista at 2:46 PM No comments:

Friday, June 15, 2018

Op-ed: Responding to Ellen on Mormons and teen suicide

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900021663/op-ed-responding-to-ellen-on-mormons-and-teen-suicide.html
Posted by Krista at 5:40 PM No comments:

This Is No Time to Go to Pot: Legalizing marijuana encourages use of harder drugs and sets back the cause of social justice.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-no-time-to-go-to-pot-1529018027
Posted by Krista at 11:28 AM No comments:

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Trump Wants a Border Wall. See What’s in Place Already

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/05/us/border-wall.html?tp=i-H43-A3-Bmw-1geRPY-1y-33p94-1c-1gWCP2-1mfv7F
Posted by Krista at 7:47 AM No comments:

Saturday, June 9, 2018

The Magic of a Cardboard Box

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/opinion/cardboard-box-creativity-material.html
Posted by Krista at 6:41 PM No comments:

How a Chinese Manuscript Written 2,300 Years Ago Ended Up in Washington

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/world/asia/ancient-chinese-manuscript-sackler.html
Posted by Krista at 4:26 PM No comments:

Friday, June 8, 2018

Is DNA testing telling us more than we want to know? The untold story of Ancestry.com

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900018325/is-dna-testing-telling-us-more-than-we-want-to-know-the-untold-story-of-ancestrycom.html
Posted by Krista at 8:07 PM No comments:

When mom's in control of her emotions and able to problem-solve, there's a greater chance her kids won't throw tantrums

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900020935/when-moms-in-control-of-her-emotions-and-able-to-problem-solve-theres-a-greater-chance-her-kids-wont-throw-tantrums.html
Posted by Krista at 12:35 PM No comments:

Monday, May 28, 2018

Donald Trump's Guide to Presidential Etiquette

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/25/opinion/editorials/Donald-Trumps-Guide-To-Presidential-Etiquette.html
Posted by Krista at 6:20 PM No comments:

Culture can make healing difficult for LDS sexual assault survivors

http://universe.byu.edu/2018/05/22/culture-can-make-healing-difficult-for-lds-sexual-assault-survivors/
Posted by Krista at 12:09 PM No comments:

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Every story in the world has one of these six basic plots

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180525-every-story-in-the-world-has-one-of-these-six-basic-plots
Posted by Krista at 12:29 PM No comments:

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Moved from school to school, fewer than 1 in 4 foster kids graduate. That’s worse than homeless kids.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/24/colorado-foster-kids-graduation-rate/
Posted by Krista at 5:33 PM No comments:

Friday, May 18, 2018

Student Loan Rates Are Expected to Rise. Here’s What You Need to Know.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/your-money/student-loan-rates.html
Posted by Krista at 1:42 PM No comments:

His College Knew of His Despair. His Parents Didn’t, Until It Was Too Late.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/12/us/college-student-suicide-hamilton.html
Posted by Krista at 1:39 PM No comments:

Sunday, May 6, 2018

The Man Who Cracked the Lottery

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-iowa-lottery-fraud-mystery.html
Posted by Krista at 5:28 PM No comments:

When Southern Newspapers Justified Lynching

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/opinion/sunday/southern-newspapers-justified-lynching.html
Posted by Krista at 11:02 AM No comments:

Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each Day

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/science/virosphere-evolution.html
Posted by Krista at 9:54 AM No comments:

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Job Description for the Dumbest Job Ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/opinion/sunday/motherhood-job-description.html
Posted by Krista at 11:49 AM No comments:

How a tiny protest at the U. of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics STATE OF CONFLICT

https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/state-of-conflict
Posted by Krista at 11:41 AM No comments:

Friday, April 27, 2018

How Oman’s Rocks Could Help Save the Planet

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/26/climate/oman-rocks.html
Posted by Krista at 7:54 PM No comments:

Sunday, April 22, 2018

An Opioid Crisis Foretold

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/opinion/an-opioid-crisis-foretold.html
Posted by Krista at 6:15 PM No comments:

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

How Media Use Photography as Propaganda

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/how-media-use-photography-propaganda
Posted by Krista at 5:15 PM No comments:

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Car Stolen in Alaska? It Could Be Your Neighbor Chasing the Thief

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/alaska-crime-vigilantes-car-theft.html
Posted by Krista at 3:46 PM No comments:

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Found Footage Offers a New Glimpse at 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/us/san-francisco-earthquake-film.html
Posted by Krista at 8:04 PM No comments:

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Why You Should Get the New Shingles Vaccine

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/well/why-you-should-get-the-new-shingles-vaccine.html
Posted by Krista at 2:13 PM No comments:

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/health/antidepressants-withdrawal-prozac-cymbalta.html
Posted by Krista at 3:31 PM No comments:

Friday, April 6, 2018

Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/well/older-americans-vitamins-dietary-supplements.html
Posted by Krista at 2:43 PM No comments:

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

The physics behind this odd-looking, ‘stormproof umbrella’ from the Netherlands

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/03/30/how-a-dutch-designer-unlocked-the-secret-of-a-storm-proof-umbrella/
Posted by Krista at 5:56 PM No comments:

Friday, March 30, 2018

The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/30/upshot/crime-immigration-myth.html
Posted by Krista at 9:56 PM No comments:

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Utahn travels to Liberia to meet 'scammer' who helped him raise thousands to fight poverty

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46289162&nid=1285&title=utahn-travels-to-liberia-to-meet-scammer-who-helped-him-raise-thousands-to-fight-poverty
Posted by Krista at 5:04 PM No comments:

Friday, March 23, 2018

Speaking as a White Male …

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/speaking-as-a-white-male.html
Posted by Krista at 7:11 PM No comments:

How to Prevent Smart People From Spreading Dumb Ideas

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/facebook-spreading-ideas.html
Posted by Krista at 7:08 PM No comments:

Thursday, March 22, 2018

She opened a car repair shop to help those with limited incomes

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2018/0322/She-opened-a-car-repair-shop-to-help-those-with-limited-incomes
Posted by Krista at 6:45 PM No comments:

Monday, March 19, 2018

Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World

http://www.callingbullshit.org/

If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, you can read this article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fine-tune-your-b-s-detector-youll-need-it-1521471721
Posted by Krista at 1:30 PM No comments:

Rich White Boys Stay Rich. Black Boys Don’t.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html
Posted by Krista at 10:14 AM No comments:

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Hidden designs in famous logos

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hidden-designs-famous-logos/index.html?gallery=%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F180226174603-gettyimages-107636804.jpg
Posted by Krista at 2:43 PM No comments:

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Why Gun Culture Is So Strong in Rural America

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/opinion/guns-gun-control-america.html
Posted by Krista at 1:35 PM No comments:
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Krista
I have a B.A. in Political Science and a Master's Degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Brigham Young University. In addition, I have a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs from Virginia Tech. I have another Master's degree. This one is in Library Science (M.L.S.) from Emporia State University in Kansas. In my public administration studies I emphasized administrative ethics and administrative law. In library school I emphasized reference, especially using government documents and legal materials.
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