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Writers on the Range
The state of Montana is leading the way in the fight to destroy the bizarre
legal fiction that corporations are people.
by Ray Ring,
May 22, 2012
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Current
Some Western states are rekindling the Sagebrush Rebellion and demanding ownership of federal lands -- but it's not just about local control.
by Jodi Peterson,
May 16, 2012
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Sidebar
Some recent Western legislative highlights are noted, accompanied by quotes from the legislators involved.
by Jodi Peterson,
May 14, 2012
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Writers on the Range
Some Western legislators want to sell off our public lands -- an idea that is
not only impractical, but contrary to the desires of most Westerners.
by Jeff Welsch,
May 10, 2012
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Current
Clean-elections laws have a way of withering away, especially since the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United ruling, but Arizona is still struggling to keep political campaigns fair.
by Danielle Venton,
Apr 30, 2012
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Writers on the Range
National Park Service ranger Robert Danno is still being punished by the agency he loves, despite being vindicated for his work as a whistleblower eight years ago.
by Andrea Lankford,
Apr 20, 2012
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Writers on the Range
Hydraulic fracturing is changing the energy industry -- and the entire nation -- in ways we’re only beginning to understand.
by Randy Udall,
Mar 29, 2012
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Sidebar
A timeline of bills authorizing new wilderness, from 1964 to 2012
by Danielle Venton,
Mar 05, 2012
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Current
Even Republican sponsors can't seem to break their party's determined stonewalling on wilderness bills in the House of Representatives.
by Danielle Venton,
Mar 05, 2012
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Writers on the Range
A lifetime member of the NRA is skeptical of the group's paranoia about President Obama’s gun-control plans.
by Pat Wray,
Mar 01, 2012
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Uncommon Westerners
Martin Litton, who has spent his entire life fighting to preserve Western landscapes, is still battling to save California’s giant sequoias.
by Jane Braxton Little,
Feb 29, 2012
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Writers on the Range
The West's vast public lands are under attack by politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as by several of the Republican presidential candidates.
by William Meadows,
Feb 24, 2012
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Letters
by Tom Van de Water,
Feb 20, 2012
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Letters
by Dennis Wentz,
Feb 20, 2012
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Letters
by Tom Meacham,
Feb 20, 2012
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