Cover: Counterpoint Press / Author photo: Carter Walker
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Counterpoint Press / Rick Bass
For the acclaimed writer and environmental activist Rick Bass, there are no hard lines between life, art and the natural world.
There’s a treasure trove of hard-to-find literature housed in the last place you’d expect. Interested in seeing a 16th century edition of Shakespeare’s plays? Look no further than Moon’s Rare Books—at a strip mall in Provo, Utah.
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Utah is suffering from megadroughts, a dying lake (or two) and a dwindling Colorado River. So, why, then, are we watering so much Kentucky bluegrass along the Wasatch Front? -
Polyamory is having a bit of a moment right now. We wanted to learn more about the history of having more than one romantic partner. -
UFOs undoubtedly exist. After all, people have been seeing inexplicable things in the skies for centuries. So, if the truth is out there, what does the government know about it? -
In 2018, a group of inexperienced explorers — all women — set out on a journey that lots of people thought they couldn’t possibly finish: a trek to the North Pole. -
According to one report, the LDS Church’s financial holdings are in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And that raises the question: When is a church less about spirit and more about profit? -
Transporting oil out of the Uinta Basin isn’t easy. The place is remote and the roads aren’t great. But a Texas oil man named Jim Finley is trying to change all that. -
There is a new format for the Utah Legislative session — start with the most controversial bills up top. However, now that we near the end of the session, important bills are still in flux. -
Utah is one of only four states without a lottery. A longshot bill under consideration by the Utah State Legislature could potentially change that. -
Between 1995 and 2001, Stéphane Breitweiser stole 239 works of art from more than 100 museums around Europe. He never sold a single one. -
“There is pain here,” “But there is also a lot of nobility.” From the book “The Forbidden Memory” by Augusto Góngora.
Even if you aren’t afflicted by it, you probably know about obsessive compulsive disorder. But even if you have it, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of scrupulosity.
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