The Chicago Tribune's William Hageman says Illinois citizens should consider moving to Utah. (The joke, of course, is that living in Utah has been heretofore unthinkable.)

• Drinking laws have been liberalized.

• A poll says Utah residents are the happiest in the nation. (Illinois #31.)

• UofU's football team went 13-0 last season. (University of Illinois 5-7.)

• Gov. Jon Huntsman has come out in favor of civil unions.

• Utah ranks No. 1 in subscriptions to online porn sites.

But not all is perfect in the Beehive State, Hageman says, Utah was recently conned out of $2.5 million in a Nigerian Internet scam, and an MC Hammer-Vanilla Ice show sold out in Orem.

This is all tongue in cheek, of course, but I think Hageman may have uncovered an interesting link: The happiest place in America is No.1 for online pornography.

Utah's liquor liberalization is getting kudos near and far. Minutes after the legislative session ended, I heard the BBC broadcast a lengthy radio report on new liquor laws in "the conservative U.S. state of Utah," before turning to news from Belgrade, Serbia.