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October 17, 2024

We’re voting for a team this November

Voters need to keep in mind that when we head to the election booth on Nov. 5, we’re voting for a whole team, not just an individual. People who are frustrated, unhappy, or otherwise feel like the system isn’t working for them are likely to vote for the candidate who promises to shake things up, get rid of all the elitists, and bring back good times for everyone. I’d be tempted to vote for that candidate myself were it not for my understanding that he’s prone to erratic behavior and will not have anyone close to him to rein in his wildest impulses.

October 10, 2024

Cracking open gender’s role in electing presidents

Vice President Kamala Harris’s dramatic entry into the presidential race in July — including selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate — put a new twist on the already gendered nature of the election. A woman was now at the top of the ticket.

October 3, 2024

Anti-immigrant agitation in a nation of immigrants

In recent days, Donald Trump and his Republican running mate, JD Vance, have doubled down on their false and defamatory claims about legally admitted Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, thus churning up widespread fears, bomb threats and school evacuations. Claiming that these migrants were destroying the American “way of life,” Trump promised that, if elected, he would order massive deportations. This statement echoed his astonishing promise, made during the 2024 campaign and previously, to seize and deport 15 to 20 million immigrants.

September 26, 2024
Dave Marston (right) and Jeff Miller repair a trail in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Colo., in August 2024. (Contributed photo by Matt Smith, courtesy of Writers on the Range)

Volunteers key to trail’s success

The Colorado Trail, an iconic 567-mile high-elevation trail that crosses the Rockies, owes its existence largely to Gudy Gaskill, a charismatic, six-foot-tall woman who could make tough things seem easy.

September 19, 2024

The growing case for ‘Medicare for All’

In her debate with Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris declared, “access to healthcare should be a right, not a privilege for those who can afford it.”

September 12, 2024
Biologist and wolf research Diane K. Boyd examines a wolf during the 1980s. (Contributed photo courtesy of Writers on the Range)

40 years of living with wolves

Biologist Diane K. Boyd has had a front-row seat to 40 years of wolf recovery in the West, but her new memoir reveals that entanglements with humans in Montana were often tougher than dealing with the four-legged predators.