Lyman Wight

Pruning the Mother Tree

Personal Column This is the first of two personal columns on the subject of institutional crisis. Maybe the most challenging trial of our time is witnessing our most cherished institutions succumb to corruption. Ordinary and faithful generations of our ancestors have given the best of themselves altruistically to the central

BYU Professor condemns his students to "great destruction."

In a grammatically-incorrect and mis-spelled letter, BYU professor David Cardon allegedly posted a condemnation of his students who voted for Donald Trump. The condemnation was placed on his office door, where it was displayed in a prominent position that students could not avoid when traversing the area. As of November

How Cox's mistakes statutorily disqualified him from the ballot

News Analysis Spencer Cox's claim to be the Utah Republican gubernatorial nominee is flawed by not one, but two, critical statutory requirements. One apparent failure is currently in dispute because of an unusual and controversial decision with the Utah State Supreme Court in which it prescribed internal Utah

Biden calls Trump supporters "Trash."

In an unprecedented utterance by a sitting president, Joseph Biden recently called Trump supporters "garbage." The incendiary remark came amidst the Biden-Harris administration's escalated personal attacks against Trump, even as their rhetoric accompanied two separate assassination attempts on him. Kamala Harris later refused to disavow the

Utah Supreme Court Justice Durham's electoral contradiction

In 2016, when the the Utah State Supreme Court issued an opinion that required the Utah Republican party to hold primary elections to determine its nominees for general election, how many of those justices foresaw a 2024 US Presidential election that would have a Democratic candidate for president that did

Utah signature auditors provide data and red herrings; Utah media inaccurately report findings

On October 15 2024, the Utah Legislative Audit Group reported their findings on verifying the signatures of Governor Spencer Cox's petition to run for re-election in the Utah Republican primary after losing his bid to be the nominee at the GOP state convention. Although Utah legislative auditors provided