Results for keyword: Western politics
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How to survive the lean times
Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
by Jane Goetze, Dec 01, 2008 -
A chance to do it right in the West
Hoping for a Western Interior secretary who practices the politics of collaboration.
by Daniel Kemmis, Nov 26, 2008 -
Democrats rise again in the Rockies
Rob Saldin looks at the reasons why the Democrats finally succeeded in breaking the Republican chokehold on the West.
by Rob Saldin, Nov 11, 2008 -
Who will be the West’s new boss?
The Interior secretary is the nation's top wildlife manager and federal landlord, managing 507 million acres, 600 dams and 68 percent of the nation's energy reserves.
by Rocky Barker, Oct 31, 2008 -
Democrats borrow from Madison Avenue
Denver offers an iconic Western backdrop and the message that "this is not your father's party."
by Ray Ring, Aug 19, 2008 -
The West remains a mysterious region
Ed Quillen says that even in this so-called “Year of the West,” presidential candidates and media pundits demonstrate a deplorable ignorance of the region’s history and culture.
by Ed Quillen, Jan 10, 2008 -
Where do you draw the line?
Todd Wilkinson wonders what kind of outrage it would take to stir today’s Westerners to political activism, even civil disobedience.
by Todd Wilkinson, Jan 07, 2008 -
Tractor politicking
High Country News talks to Dennis McDonald, the Montana rancher who also leads the state’s Democratic Party.
by Ray Ring, Nov 12, 2007 -
The West: A New Center of Power
The West gains traction as a center of power in 2006, and nine more indicators from the midterm elections.
by Ray Ring, Nov 27, 2006






