You've probably never even heard of John Dougherty, the dauntless Democratic journalist who hopes to challenge John McCain for U.S. Senate.
Items by John Mecklin
The ill-conceived attempt to fence as much as possible of
the U.S.-Mexico border will have disastrous impacts on wildlife,
including Arizona’s elusive jaguars.
A recent turbidity crisis in Paonia resulted in the
issuance of a “boil order,” which reminded us locals
how precious clean water is in the arid West.
Some of the more heated responses to Ray Ring’s gun
story show a certain ignorance of general constitutional
principles, but HCN loves letters and is already looking forward to
readers’ reactions to the current issue’s story on
carbon sequestration.
With this issue on guns in the West, High Country News
hopes to encourage people across the political spectrum to talk
about sane gun policy rather than indulge in rabid rhetorical
gunplay
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s belief that he can save the
planet through hydrogen power is much like one of his movie
performances – entertaining, charismatic and ultimately
unrealistic
Genetically modified crops may not be the sci-fi monsters
their foes believe, but it makes sense for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to begin to regulate them seriously
There’s a great diversity among American Indians,
but the tribes share some of the same tragic ills that plague the
rest of society – particularly those caused by
methamphetamine abuse
President Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy is
generally a good thing, but it needs to take into account the
growing number of often-inadequate and under-supervised online
schools
The energy boom in the Rocky Mountain West has been
shadowed by a much darker boom: a frightening rise in death and
serious injury
This issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.
HCN’s Ray Ring wins the 2006 George Polk Award for
Political Reporting for his story, “Taking
Liberties.”
The United States needs genuine immigration reform instead
of the politically motivated shouting match that has taken the
place of reasonable debate.
For a long time, the West used water as if the supply were
endless, but nowadays environmentalists are finding that too much
efficiency causes problems of its own, especially in fragile
ecosystems like the Colorado River Delta.
HCN hosts panel discussion in Berkeley about the
West’s political future; notes from readers Mark Salvo and
Michael Green.
Judge Jim Redden is right to push the Bush administration
on salmon restoration, but fish may end up faring as poorly in
courtrooms as San Francisco’s schoolchildren did after
well-intentioned decisions on busing.
Whistleblowing is not as romantic as Woodward’s
"Deep Throat" makes it sound, but the retired public servants who
make up the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees are doing
valuable work, blowing the whistle for the sake of the national
parks
In this issue, Ray Ring offers a top 10 list on the
midterm elections and reminds Westerners that the newly empowered
Democrats in Congress are still not the sole arbiters of
environmental policy
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