Two weeks in the West — High Country News

Bowden's War by Paul Zeiger: Well, Charles Bowden’s essay “The War Next Doo...
East to the West essay by Bill Richey: I appreciated the descriptions of the from the int...
Journeys by Stefan: A wonderful piece that makes me want to head westw...
Shooting Wolves from Planes by Carolyn James: The way people think in Alaska is sickening. I wil...
nothing but love... by jetsonorama: thanks so much for the shout out! peace.

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
It's the population, stupid? | Some Westerners want to blame our environmental wo...
No ESA for sage grouse | Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't g...
Three cheers | Here's to an anonymous donor, Target and 11 scient...
Shooting bullets, not blanks | A tremendous posterity, and firearms in National P...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
Thank you, Utah, for leading the way | Utah's Legislature has brilliant plans to cut educ...
Mobile Nation | Every winter in Quartzsite, Ariz., tens of thousan...
The myths of Native American identity | Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Kno...
Water fallout | A nuclear power plant proposed for Green River, Ut...

Related: Pulp friction Philip Caputo's seventh novel, Crossers, amounts to little more than the literary equivalent of a popcorn flick.; Ladybugs and Lear Climbing to a small wonder in Nevada; Failed State Photojournalist Julian Cardona on living and working in Mexico's war zone.; The smoke police Simon Winer patrols the San Francisco Bay Area, sniffing out violators when poor air quality requires a ban on wood-smoke fires.; Charles Bowden on The War Next Door On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile War on Drugs takes a violent toll on the poorest people.

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