High Country News

A closer look at Obama's judges, federal agencies, and his approach to science and secrecy

A closer look at Obama's impact on federal judges, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Energy Department and the Forest Service, as well as his administration's approach to science and secrecy.

by Judith Lewis Mernit and Ray Ring , Feb 06, 2011
An Obama-Huntsman ticket would get my vote

It might be a radical pairing, but if Huntsman ran as Obama's vice president, he'd get this writer's vote.

by Ray Ring, Jan 19, 2012
Democrats rise again in the Rockies

Rob Saldin looks at the reasons why the Democrats finally succeeded in breaking the Republican chokehold on the West.

by Rob Saldin, Nov 11, 2008
Drilling the Democrats

Jonathan Thompson says that Barack Obama -- caught between the threat of global warming and demands for energy independence -- is unlikely to end drilling in the West.

by Jonathan Thompson, Jan 16, 2009
Drilling, wolves, guns and plutonium

“Drill here, drill now!” on the ground and in Western politics; Northern Rockies wolves protected again – and on the move; Obama backs Second Amendment; gas pains in the West; plutonium spill in Boulder.

by Sarah Gilman, Aug 02, 2008
Idealism wakes up in America

Rich Wandshneider fully understands why former Peace Corps volunteers like himself are flocking to the idealistic banner of Barack Obama.

by Rich Wandschneider, Jan 14, 2008
In Wyoming, caucusing gets personal

Julianne Couch was excited by Wyoming’s Democratic caucus, feeling that for once it really mattered.

by Julianne Couch, Mar 10, 2008
It's time for a ceasefire on guns

Hal Herring believes that Democrats should give up on gun control, not just for the sake of politics but because it’s the right thing to do.

by Hal Herring, Dec 05, 2008
Jon Huntsman Jr. -- a pragmatic Westerner for the White House

Despite poor poll showings, the worldly Jon Huntsman Jr. is the most qualified candidate in the Republican primary, especially when it comes to environmental issues.

by Ray Ring, Dec 25, 2011
Judith Lewis Mernit on Obama's enviro record

Judith Lewis Mernit talks with Cally Carswell about how the Obama administration's policies are impacting the West.

by Cally Carswell, Feb 06, 2011