Also, the rise of ‘lawfare’ and its implications.
| Meet the mailman who is also the godfather and guardian of Utah’s fabled Highway 12 |
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| Lee Benson writes: "It’s been hailed as the most scenic road in America. 'A journey through time' is the description on one travel website. People put it on their bucket lists. Motorcycle clubs treat it like it’s the holy grail. "Tracy Sidwell has another name for Utah’s fabled Highway 12. "He calls it his mail route. "For the last 30 years, not long after Escalante High School gave him his diploma and sent him out into the world to find his way, Tracy looked at the highway and there it was, right out his front door. "He went to work as a contract carrier for the United States Postal Service, a job that entailed picking up the mail bags early in the morning where Highway 12 starts (and ends) in Panguitch and dropping them off at the post offices in Bryce Canyon City, Tropic, Cannonville, Henrieville and Escalante — before a final stop at the little mountain town of Boulder some 94 miles away." |
Jennifer Graham writes: "Lawfare has emerged as a buzzword in politics, a shorter, catchier phrase — or perhaps a euphemism — for a practice that has been described as 'weaponization of the law' in order to hobble or eliminate a political opponent. The legal cases against former President Donald Trump, and the charges brought against Hunter Biden, are the reasons that this formerly niche term is now in the running for 2024′s word of the year. "The attorney general of Missouri, Andrew Bailey, has announced plans to sue the state of New York for 'unconstitutional lawfare' in the case against Trump. Utah Sen. Mike Lee is among GOP senators who have signed a letter vowing to block any appropriations bill that funds 'partisan lawfare.' And per Fox News Digital, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan intends to offer an appropriations package that would 'defund the lawfare activities' of state and federal prosecutors who lead 'politically sensitive investigations.'" Read more about "lawfare's" rise. |
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