George Pyle

“The fact that the valley’s main sports venue, wherever it is, won’t be a cash generator as much as a money siphon means Smith has city, county and state officials over the proverbial barrel.”

“The Tribune’s savior has walked away, having earned a rest and the thanks of everyone who knows how important a real newspaper is to any community,” writes George Pyle. “Without his efforts — his industry, not just his money — you probably wouldn’t be reading this newspaper now.”

“[State Rep. Trevor Lee’s] proposal disgusted me, of course. But it hit even harder than it otherwise would have because two days before I read about it, just by coincidence, I took a stroll through the Jewish Museum Berlin.”

“We have now traveled through six countries, having touched down in 20 cities,” writes George Pyle. “And our ability to do everything we need to do without speaking more than a few words of French, one in Portuguese (‘obrigado’ means “thank you”) and basically none in Hungarian, Slovak, German or Czech, has been amazingly simple.”

“So, while the women of the LDS Church (and other religious organizations) are following the basic commandment of Jesus Christ, what are its men, who aren’t so good at that sort of thing, or who find it all beneath them, up to?” writes George Pyle.

“Romney fits into the American stereotype of the person who mostly looks out for himself but who, when the push really comes to the shove, finds a moral line he cannot cross,” writes George Pyle.

Why there is no town of Morrill, Utah

“After a few months knocking around several cities in France and, now, one in Portugal, I will offer my testimony that city streets that focus on people who walk, eat, drink and shop are a great thing,” writes George Pyle.

<i>“These are Hitler tactics, and something has to be done.”</i>

Seek peace and understanding, George Pyle writes, except when you can’t