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Ted Nugent doesn’t speak for me

Hunters, gun owners and NRA members need an articulate spokesman, but a loudmouth like Ted Nugent is not the ideal candidate.

by Pat Wray, May 24, 2012
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 20, 2012
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 26, 2011
Presidential style

Obama's nonconfrontational approach to life underlies his slow-but-steady approach to Western environmental issues.

by Ray Ring, Feb 07, 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 07, 2011
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 07, 2011
Obama's record on Western environmental issues

Not everybody is happy, but the Obama administration is making slow but steady progress in dealing with the West's environmental issues.

by Judith Lewis Mernit, Feb 06, 2011
Putting our house back in order

Jaime O’Neill hadn’t planned on vacuuming during Inauguration Day, but housecleaning is a good metaphor for the job facing our new president.

by Jaime O’Neill, Feb 02, 2009
Mountain of doubt

The long-delayed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., faces a new challenge: Barack Obama’s presidency.

by Judith Lewis , Jan 19, 2009
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