I agree with Ray Ring that Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns are on to something with the idea that public lands and “resources” ought to be reserved for the public and not allowed to be a source of enrichment for private individuals (HCN, 9/14 & 9/28/09). This theme recurs throughout the “Best Idea” episodes, along […]
Chad Roberts
Posted inMay 29, 2006: 'Clinging Hopelessly to the Past'
California’s not that different
California is no better off environmentally than the Rocky Mountain West (HCN, 5/1/06: California, here we come). (Of course, there are several Californias, and the environment is valued in different ways in, say, the central coastal region than in most of the Central Valley. Remember, please, that Richard Pombo hails from California, and he’s not […]