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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.
Allred - Idaho Governor- 2010 ! by J G : The perfect candidate for the job.
Charles Bowden and his 03/01/2010 article by carol isaac: Mr. Bowden, I understand one thing about you pe...

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: Untold tales of the American frontier The second edition of John Ravage's book, Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier, illuminates the roles blacks played in settling the West.; Cutting away from the pack High Country News interviews Keith Allred, who is running for governor as a Democrat in ultra-Republican Idaho.; Mobile Nation Every winter in Quartzsite, Ariz., tens of thousands of RVers form an impromptu community in the desert.; East to the West A writer contemplates where the West begins, both in the landscape and in his life.; The Crusade Continues A young couple is tapped to fill a 'big set of Vibrams'

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