Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Scott Carrier is Utah's own H.L. Mencken. Smart, opinionated and articulate but also stubborn and often brutally frank, he's traveled the world to report on some of its most intractable conflicts, most notably in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a new book of essays and nonfiction stories, Scott Carrier is Utah's own H.L. Mencken. Smart, opinionated and articulate but also stubborn and often brutally frank, he's traveled the world to report on some of its most intractable conflicts, most notably in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a new book of essays and nonfiction stories, Scott Carrier is Utah's own H.L. Mencken. Smart, opinionated and articulate but also stubborn and often brutally frank, he's traveled the world to report on some of its most intractable conflicts, most notably in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a new book of essays and nonfiction stories, Scott Carrier is Utah's own H.L. Mencken. Smart, opinionated and articulate but also stubborn and often brutally frank, he's traveled the world to report on some of its most intractable conflicts, most notably in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a new book of essays and nonfiction stories, Scott Carrier is Utah's own H.L. Mencken. Smart, opinionated and articulate but also stubborn and often brutally frank, he's traveled the world to report on some of its most intractable conflicts, most notably in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a new book of essays and nonfiction stories,