Results for keyword: Western Culture
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The Postal Service stamps the mythic West
Wyoming's fight with Montana over a new Montana stamp that shows a cowboy on a bucking horse shows that the Postal Service has fallen for Western myths that have nothing to do with the states' real characters.
by Mark Matthews, Apr 01, 2002 -
Westerners share a different reality
A "time" magazine column about satellite radio that described the New Jersey Turnpike as "the middle of nowhere" provides unintentional humor to Westerners who know the real meaning of nowhere.
by Ray Ring, Mar 04, 2002 -
Why the bad rap for Mormons?
A Utah resident wonders why so many non-Mormons have such weird ideas about members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
by Barbara Schuster, Feb 04, 2002 -
Cybermapping the West - a new view
A ramble through cyberspace paints an interesting "cybermap" of the West on the Web.
by John Kain, Dec 17, 2001 -
My ghost town
The writer remembers childhood vacations spent in the Utah ghost town of Grafton, and mourns a vanishing personal and regional history.
by Jenny Attiyeh, Nov 05, 2001 -
Good Neighbor Handbook
The free, illustrated "Good Neighbor Handbook," written by Katherine Bill and published by the Methow Conservancy, aims to give new arrivals in Washington's Methow Valley advice about adapting to their new home.
by Mason Adams, Oct 22, 2001 -
Utah town goes 'U.N. free'
La Verkin, Utah, declares itself a "U.N. Free Zone" in a controversial ordinance that would have required U.N. supporters to identify themselves as "U.N. Agents," file "activity reports" and pay unspecified fees.
by Lin Alder, Aug 27, 2001 -
Out of the woods, blithe spirit
An Idaho writer has a humorous take on the Rainbow Tribe Gathering in the state and the horrified overreaction of politicians, ranchers, Forest Service, environmentalists and Indians.
by Bill Cope, Jul 30, 2001 -
Dear Friends
Feedback from readers' surveys; Jon Margolis apologizes for booboo; the many lives of Mark Matthews.
by Greg Hanscom and Paul Larmer, May 07, 2001 -
Benigna's Chimayo: Cuentos from the Old Plaza
In "Benigna's Chimayo: Cuentos from the Old Plaza," Don Usner recounts the rich stories his grandmother used to tell him, when he spent childhood summers with her in Chimayo, N.M.
by Kirsten Bovee, Apr 23, 2001
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