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Then and Now: More Migrants, More Hate
As the 19th century turned into the 20th, immigrants were pouring into the U. S. Much the same is happening today, and the reaction then raises alarm…
Jan 2
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Robert Aquinas McNally
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December 2024
The Company He Kept: "The Passing of the Great Race"
John Muir’s ally Madison Grant wrote the popular book articulating the white supremacist ideology that led, among other horrific outcomes, to Nazism.
Dec 19, 2024
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Robert Aquinas McNally
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The Company He Kept: The Aristocrat Scientist Who Named T. rex and Lauded John Muir's Inner Viking
Henry Fairfield Osborn and Muir came from starkly different backgrounds. Still, they bonded over threats to wild places and the rightful supremacy of…
Dec 12, 2024
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The Company He Kept: John Muir’s Slave-Owning Soul Friend, Part 2
By the time Joseph C. LeConte became friends with Muir, he no longer owned slaves. But that background shaped his thinking, and his "science" of race…
Dec 5, 2024
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Robert Aquinas McNally
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The Company He Kept: John Muir’s Slave-Owning Soul Friend, Part 2
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November 2024
Nominee Kristi Noem Brings a Bad Backstory with Her State’s Tribes to Homeland Security
The South Dakota governor, whose killing of a wayward hunting dog cost her the nomination as Trump’s VP, is banned from all her state’s reservations …
Nov 21, 2024
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Nominee Kristi Noem Brings a Bad Backstory with Her State’s Tribes to Homeland Security
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The Company He Kept: John Muir’s Slave-Owning Soul Friend, Part 1
Two elements brought Joseph C. LeConte and Muir together for life: light and ice.
Nov 14, 2024
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Robert Aquinas McNally
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The Company He Kept: John Muir’s Slave-Owning Soul Friend, Part 1
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Lamentations
Trump 47 bodes ill for tribes, public lands, and those of us who care about such things.
Nov 8, 2024
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October 2024
Sacking a Tlingit Village for Souvenirs
Passengers on the Harriman Alaska Expedition just grabbed what they wanted and took it home as their due. After all, they were entitled.
Oct 31, 2024
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Robert Aquinas McNally
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John Muir and E. H. Harriman, Redux
In their time, the alliance of the wilderness influencer and the railroad tycoon made political sense. It took on a personal dimension as well.
Oct 24, 2024
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Robert Aquinas McNally
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With a Little Help from His Friend
In a seemingly unlikely alliance, tycoon E. H. Harriman came to John Muir’s aid in the campaign to save Yosemite Valley.
Oct 17, 2024
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Letting the Wild in
Step beyond the human bubble and check out the neighborhood
Oct 10, 2024
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Troops Hit the High Country
In the early days of the Sierra Nevada’s national parks, the cavalry chased shepherds, sheep, and Native hunters out.
Oct 3, 2024
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