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  <title>KSL Editorial: Bring down the noise</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[After hearing complaints from constituents, a 
leading lawmaker wants to scrap the new law 
that gave us a full month of fireworks use this 
summer. Not everybody, it seems, got a bang out 
of the new rules.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Prayers for resolution</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[We are in the midst of the deadliest stretch of 
combat in the ten-years of America's 
involvement in Afghanistan. The loss in one 
month of more than a hundred troops has 
rekindled the debate over why we are there, and 
how much longer we should remain.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Debt-ceiling compromise</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[The eleventh-hour resolution of the debate over 
the nation's debt ceiling offers an historic 
validation of a fundamental truth about our 
form of government -- it simply does not work 
without the ability to reach a compromise.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Policy of prevention</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[One Utah employer is encouraging its employees 
to take care of themselves. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Utah celebrates Pioneer Day</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[It's common across the United States for 
communities to enjoy formal holidays created to 
recognize something special in their history. 
This weekend, Utah celebrates the arrival of 
the early settlers to the Salt Lake Valley. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: The end of a NASA era</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[It is sadly ironic that as the Space Shuttle 
Atlantis takes its final laps around the Earth, 
it will not be visible in the skies over 
Northern Utah -- a place where the space 
program has left a legacy which will be very 
visible for a very long time.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Huntsman's civil campaign</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Whether his campaign gains steam or fizzles, 
Jon Huntsman Jr. has chosen to set an admirably 
high standard for the conduct of his candidacy, 
and there could be no better outcome of his 
quest for the presidency than if his pledge of 
civility becomes contagious.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: New fireworks laws</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[An unusually wet spring has led to unusually 
lush hillsides, which will lead to dangerous 
fire conditions once those weeds and grasses 
dry out and turn to tinder.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:03:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: GRAMA working group deserves praise for way it conducted business </title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[The committee assigned to examine Utah's government records act will recommend small but important changes to the 20-year-old law &#151; a far cry from the major overhaul approved, and later retracted, by the Utah Legislature.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:41:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Salt Lake County congressional boundaries</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Preliminary signs emerging from the process of 
drawing boundaries for new Congressional 
districts in Utah show those in charge are 
favoring an approach that would carve up the 
state's urban core in a &quot;pizza slice&quot; 
configuration. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: HB116</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Delegates to the state Republican Convention 
next week are poised to pass a resolution 
calling for the repeal of House Bill 116 -- 
the 
measure that creates a guest worker program 
for 
immigrants who lack proper documentation.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Wasatch Choice for 2040</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[At the current rate of growth, the 
population along the Wasatch Front will 
increase by 65 
percent -- or one and a half million people -- 
in the next 
thirty years.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Primary Children's telethon opportunity to give funds, hope</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Once a year, KSL Television has the privilege -- and the pleasure -- of donating time and resources to a cause we believe is very important to our community. Once again, this weekend, we will stage our annual Telethon on behalf of Primary Children's Medical Center. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:58:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: `Wild lands' policy reversal shows progress toward resolution</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Interior Department's sudden about-face on wild lands designation is a welcome sign that, when it chooses to, Washington can indeed pay attention to the concerns of local interests.  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:04:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Immigration bill to secure the U.S. border</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[If there is one point in the debate over 
unlawful immigration that all sides agree on, 
it's the critical importance of having a secure 
border.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Perpetual dispute over public lands must be settled</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[We have reached yet another stalemate in the seemingly endless struggle between the state and federal governments over management of public lands in Utah. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Government must find common vision for economic, energy future </title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[There's a distinct flavor of political gamesmanship behind the movement to end certain tax breaks for Big Oil companies. Unfortunately, what's woefully missing in the discussion is a truly comprehensive examination of the much broader underlying issues.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 17:57:37 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: SLC mayor's vision is impressive, ambitious</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[As Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker presents his annual budget, it is impossible not to be impressed with the sheer number of major projects under way. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 09:00:03 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Upcoming `Police Week' opportunity to be grateful</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA['Police Week' begins Sunday, to honor the state's police officers and in memoriam for those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The declaration was issued without a lot of fanfare which, in a way, is fitting. The men and women who serve as peace officers do so without expectation of flashy recognition.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:33:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>KSL Editorial: Political 'chicken' over national debt</title>
  <dc:creator>Con Psarras</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[A very complicated piece of economic policy is being reduced to a very simplistic rallying point in Washington, and the consequences could be catastrophic. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 15:06:19 MDT</pubDate>
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