Mental illness exists everywhere in the world, of course, but mass shootings do not.
Items by Jaime O'Neill
This resource in the American West will always be dammed, diverted or otherwise purloined.
Adages, quotes and sayings to inspire in 2014.
The author reflects on the courage of Abe Lincoln and James Garfield.
Why do we name fires?
A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.
Where's the compassion for the poor bullied 1 percent of the world -- the rich people who just aren't as rich as they ought to be?
The BP oil spill exemplifies the worst kind of corporate arrogance.
The articles in old American Heritage magazines remind one that life in the West used to be much harder than it is.
The articles in old American Heritage magazines remind us that life in the West used to be a whole lot harder than it is.
Too often, Americans feel personally guilty when they’re poor and out of work, even when outside forces are responsible.
Jaime O’Neill hadn’t planned on vacuuming during Inauguration Day, but housecleaning is a good metaphor for the job facing our new president.
Jaime O'Neill takes a sardonic look at the psychology behind Christmas carols like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
Jaime O’Neill knows how to spot an instant rural guy
— aka a flatlander
A writer recalls the adventures he had had in Quincy,
Calif., 20 years ago, when he was the youthful editor of a
small-town independent paper called the Green Mountain
Gazette
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