First of all, we have a young man who returned from his tour of duty in Persian Gulf War II and decided that it's time to bring the troops home. This young soldier has taken it upon himself to walk the length of the state -- from Idaho to Arizona -- to make his point. He'll be in St. George next week.

The What Women Want Expo this weekend at the Dixie Center features a booth for a group called CODEPINK, an organization of women dedicated to ending this and all future wars. Imagine that. For 55 years I've wondered what it is that women want. Now I find out at least some of them want peace.

When I first landed on these shores, such thought would have been roundly booed because unless you were hanging off the far right edge by your fingertips, you were considered liberal scum, which in Utah-speak is a redundancy.

But, this year, there are a number of contenders from the Democratic Party. They come with a wide range of qualifications and, admittedly, some disqualifications, but that's the political world.

Now, I don't expect Ted Kennedy to be invited as the grand marshall of the Pioneer Day parade in Salt Lake City any time soon, but I get the feeling things are changing.

And, whether you are a Republican or Democrat, that's good news.

If we don't have a healthy two-party system, pretty soon we'll have only one party, one voice in this country and that would spell the end of democracy and the United States as we know it.

Tolerance, compassion, patriotism and faith...they don't only belong to one political party.