All posts by Ed Kociela
OPINION – My roots are in the Midwest. Growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, Mo., tornadoes are nothing new to me. We didn’t live in Tornado Alley, but …
On the EDge: Seizure of phone records — an abuse of power
OPINION – It’s not easy being a reporter. You work lousy hours, often must witness some of life’s most gruesome tragedies, and people don’t us ...
On the EDge: That rock still rolls
OPINION – There’s a lot of buzz right now about The Stones rolling it out for their 50th anniversary tour. Mick and the boys are wowing the crowds ...
On the EDge: 36 years later, an athlete’s ‘outing’ is still news
OPINION – I can’t help but think today of the first really important newspaper story I ever did. I was a kid of 25, still cutting my teeth on the ...
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On the EDge: Joy is contagious, pass it on
April 24, 2013, 2 CommentsOPINION – Let’s face it: Last week was horrid. Terror visited Boston and some nutjob sent threatening letters to a member of Congress and the President. We’ve been down this ...
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On the EDge: A time for unity
April 17, 2013, 1 CommentOPINION – I’ve been to Copley Plaza in Boston a couple times. As a beat writer covering the Los Angeles Kings hockey team many years ago, I would stay at ...
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On the EDge: Remembering two iconic women
April 10, 2013, 1 CommentOPINION – We lost a couple of iconic women this week, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and actress Annette Funicello. One was beloved, the other bedeviled. Baby boomers remember Funicello ...
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On the EDge: America’s Great National Pa$time
April 2, 2013, No commentsOPINION – There was a time when I was a huge baseball fan. I lived and breathed everything St. Louis Cardinals. When they came into the league, I immediately became ...
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On the EDge: Why won’t Utah lawmakers gamble on lottery?
March 27, 2013, 10 CommentsOPINION – The rules are this: If you want to win, you’ve got to play. For most people, at least in 42 states, that’s not a problem. But, if you ...
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On the EDge: Answer the door when fate comes knockin’
March 20, 2013, 3 CommentsOPINION – Winter has always been the wrong time of year for me. I hate how it not only darkens the sky, but the soul as well. I understand it ...
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On the EDge: A tip on tipping
March 13, 2013, 3 CommentsOPINION – I’m lucky, I’ve never really had to work for a living. Other than mowing my neighbor’s yard for a few bucks a week as a kid, I never ...
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On the EDge: Straightening out the UEP mess? Hardly
March 7, 2013, 2 CommentsOPINION – The state has gotten itself into an awful mess. Earlier this week, it found itself in court again regarding the tangled legal events that have ensnared it for ...
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On the EDge: Will Vatican pick another hardliner?
February 27, 2013, 1 CommentOPINION – Like most people who have more than a passing interest in such things, I was surprised when I heard the news that Pope Benedict XVI resigned the papacy. ...
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On the EDge: Teacher, leave them kids alone
February 21, 2013, 3 CommentsOPINION – I really don’t like the “soul patch” look. You know, that little patch of fuzz some men grow just under their lower lip that looks like a caterpillar ...
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On the EDge: Legislature moving backwards
February 14, 2013, 6 CommentsRelated: Perspectives: Background checks, the real target of national gun control advocates OPINION – Not surprisingly, the Utah Legislature is moving backwards. While most of the nation is moving toward ...
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On the EDge: Utah stance on marriage is hard to swallow
February 7, 2013, 5 CommentsOPINION – There’s hypocrisy in the latest announcement from the Utah Attorney General’s office. John Swallow, the state’s top law enforcement official, announced last Friday that Utah would join more ...
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On the EDge: Courting polygamy solutions?
January 30, 2013, 2 CommentsOPINION – Normally, courtroom proceedings can be difficult to wade through. Unlike TV or the movies, they are rarely filled with scintillating syntax or drama. I know, I’ve covered enough ...
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On the EDge: Are you ready for the midterm campaign to begin?
January 25, 2013, 2 CommentsOPINION – With the second inauguration of President Obama now a part of history, it’s just about time for campaign 2014 to begin. The midterm elections, when all 435 seats ...
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On the EDge: More to entitlements than benefits
January 10, 2013, No commentsOPINION – There was a very interesting and informative blog on the Huffington Post the other day by Robert Reich, chancellor’s professor of public policy, University of California, Berkeley, and ...
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On the EDge: Drama Queens reconvene in D.C.
January 3, 2013, 5 CommentsOPINION – The holidays are behind us and it’s time to get on with the New Year. There’s much to do, particularly in Washington, D.C., where our supposed leaders are ...
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On the EDge: Watch out, 2013, we’re coming at you
December 27, 2012, No commentsOPINION – As we tick off the final moments of 2012, I can’t help but wonder what lies ahead. I don’t know about you, but for me, this has been ...
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On the EDge: A Christmas wish
December 20, 2012, 5 Comments“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and ...
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On the EDge: Tell me about your gun rights, it’s a bad bad day
December 14, 2012, 146 CommentsOPINION – Go ahead, tell me again about the Second Amendment. Tell me about all the law-abiding gun owners who are careful with the way they handle and store their ...
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On the EDge: Be a ‘real’ Rebel, accept Dixie name change
December 13, 2012, 20 CommentsOPINION – On the world stage, the term Dixie does not generate the affection afforded it in Southern Utah. It raises the specter of the antebellum South, a real time ...
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On the EDge: Costas draws fire from gun crowd
December 6, 2012, 3 CommentsOPINION – Don’t mess with the gun crowd. It doesn’t take much to get them all up in arms. Bob Costas, a longtime sports announcer employed by NBC-TV, is currently ...
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On the EDge: UEP settlement still a mess
December 5, 2012, No commentsOPINION – With only a few weeks remaining in his tenure, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff took a field trip last week to the Short Creek area to try to ...
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On the EDge: It’s still only rock ‘n’ roll, but I ‘still’ like it
November 29, 2012, 2 CommentsOPINION – It was many years ago and a friend of mine named Michael was in his usual mode of pontification. “Rock ‘n’ roll is like this spaceship. All it ...
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On the EDge: Black Friday encroaches on Turkey Day
November 22, 2012, 3 CommentsOPINION – It’s not really all about money, is it? On this Thanksgiving day, shouldn’t we think about things a bit loftier? OK, maybe we’re not all in the financial ...
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On the EDge: Secession talk is just sour grapes
November 15, 2012, 17 CommentsOPINION – I was hoping that by now, things would have returned to normal, or as close to normal as we can get in these screwy, upside-down times. I knew ...
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On the EDge: I understand your frustration
November 8, 2012, 3 CommentsOPINION – I would like to think that had the election gone the other way, I would be in a place where I would have been accepting of the results. ...
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On the EDge: Election day 2012: It ain’t over ’til it’s over
November 1, 2012, 1 CommentOPINION – There’s a lot of talk right now about how many people are looking forward to Wednesday morning when the votes are counted and all of this vicious, nasty ...
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On the EDge: Goodbye George McGovern, hero from my youth
October 25, 2012, No commentsOPINION – We lost one of the good guys the other day with the passing of Sen. George McGovern. He was one of my heroes. He was also the first ...
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On the EDge: Tickled pink about NFL’s ‘Crucial Catch’ efforts
October 18, 2012, 3 CommentsOPINION – It can be difficult to figure out the language of the ribbon. We’ve seen yellow ribbons, pink ribbons, blue ribbons, purple ribbons, all trotted out to raise awareness ...
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On the EDge: Reconnecting from out on the edge
October 11, 2012, 10 CommentsOPINION – I stepped out on the edge the other day. It had been awhile, but it was something I wanted, no, needed, to do. After 18 months in Mexico, ...
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On the EDge: GOP voter ID plot fails
October 4, 2012, 16 CommentsOPINION – Four years ago, after the president defeated John McCain, Republican leaders across the nation got the idea that if they made it more difficult for people to vote ...
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On the EDge: Where have all the rebels gone?
September 27, 2012, 2 CommentsOPINION – For decades now, singer Neil Young has been a spokesman for the rebels among us, the folks who refuse to settle for the status quo, the ones who ...
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On the EDge: Romney’s elitism just cost him the election
September 20, 2012, 20 CommentsOPINION – About six months ago, when it became apparent that Mitt Romney was going to receive the Republican Party presidential nomination, I made an offhanded remark on Facebook that ...
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On the EDge: Take 2 and call me in the morning
September 13, 2012, 7 CommentsOPINION – When the Presidential debates begin in a couple of weeks, you can count on two issues receiving front-and-center attention: jobs and health care. There will be a lot ...
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On the EDge: NFL Zebras stampede, smacks of greed
September 6, 2012, 1 CommentOPINION – Normally, I’m all for the working stiff. I believe in “power to the people,” the struggle of the working-class hero and all that. I don’t like large corporations, the ...
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On the EDge: It all becomes real for Romney tonight
August 30, 2012, 2 CommentsOPINION – It all becomes real tonight. For months now, Mitt Romney has been the “presumptive” presidential candidate for the Republican Party. Tonight, in prime time, he gives his first ...
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On the EDge: Alternative energy: Wasted words, wasted time
August 23, 2012, 3 CommentsOPINION – The last time I saw Willie Nelson I remember walking past his bus and catching a whiff of something in the air. No, it wasn’t what you’re thinking. ...
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On the EDge: Romney-Ryan insult war heroes
August 15, 2012, 17 CommentsRevised Sept. 17, 2012 - Susanne Green, of Public Relations for the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, clarified by email that the USS Wisconsin belongs to the city of Norfolk and its ...
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On the EDge: Like it or not, religion is a part of the election
August 9, 2012, 4 CommentsOPINION – What’s your relationship with God? As regular folks in the regular world, it hardly matters. It’s pretty much a situation of don’t ask, don’t tell as we go ...
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On the EDge: Running the golden gauntlet
August 2, 2012, 2 CommentsOPINION – When it comes to the Olympics, let’s just say I take a different approach to it all. I mean, really, so far we can take pride in a ...
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On the EDge: Colorado shooting: Have we become, comfortably numb?
July 26, 2012, 10 CommentsOPINION – I think Pink Floyd got it right, I think we’ve all become comfortably numb. We have become so blasé that we don’t feel much anymore, we aren’t shocked ...
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On the EDge: Who is accountable for airport safety?
July 19, 2012, 20 CommentsOPINION – In this post 9/11 world, I thought the safest places on Earth were airports. I mean, with minions from the Transportation Security Administration, a part of the U.S. ...
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On the EDge: Mexico’s summer of discontent; will the U.S. follow suit?
July 12, 2012, 1 CommentOPINION – Now is the summer of Mexico’s discontent. The sun is hot and the air thickly humid, soured by the anger of leftist voters who say, for the second ...
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On the EDge: Does it really matter who Anderson Cooper loves?
July 5, 2012, 5 CommentsOPINION – It was not terribly surprising to learn, as we did the other day, that CNN newsman Anderson Cooper is gay. What is surprising, however, is that an announcement ...
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On the EDge: Utah voters come to their senses
June 28, 2012, 2 CommentsOPINION – The Tea Party revolt was short-lived in Utah, where, on Tuesday, incumbent Orrin Hatch handily defeated Dan Liljenquist, who challenged him to become the Republican nominee for the ...
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On the EDge: When social media becomes anti-social
June 21, 2012, 7 CommentsOPINION – I look upon Facebook, Twitter, and the Internet with admiration and, admittedly, confusion sometimes. I cannot pretend to understand it all. It’s like flicking a light switch to ...
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On the EDge: It’s called the G20 and, yes, it affects you
June 14, 2012, No commentsOPINION – I don’t know about you, but I am going to pay a lot of attention to news reports out of Greece this weekend. You see, they’ll go to ...
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On the EDge: Polygamy, it’s ‘still’ against the law
June 7, 2012, 8 CommentsOPINION - It would be very easy to jump on the bandwagon and pat Utah County Attorney Jeffrey R. Buhman on the back for refusing to prosecute reality TV star Kody ...
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On the EDge: Utah has no voice in GOP primary
May 31, 2012, 5 CommentsOPINION – Turn out the lights, the party’s over. What started out late last year with a couple of straw polls and evolved into something that, at least for a ...
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On the EDge: Just when you thought it safe to wade the waters of opinion, he’s back; Ed Kociela joins the STGnews team
May 24, 2012, 15 CommentsOPINION - A little more than a year ago, this incredible adventure we call life led my wife Cara and me down a path that ended about 1,500 miles south of ...
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