Though consumed by the day-to-day duties of office, deep in the mind of every American president must be questions about how his decisions will be dissected by historians in the decades and even centuries after he leaves office. Presidents, especially those in their second term, usually turn a watchful eye to their so-called legacies. The […]
Mike Dombeck
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The Bush administration is moving to mine our heritage
By any standard political measure, July was not the best of times for the protection of the last remaining wild places in this country. On July 16 came a ruling by a Wyoming court challenging the legality of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule — a policy to protect 58.5 million acres of untrammeled national forests […]
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Holes Western-style, from a century of mining
Gold has long been advertised as the “gift that lasts a lifetime.” True to the slogan, gold does last a lifetime, as demonstrated by the enduring shine that gold jewelry and coins display even after thousands of years of being buried or lost at sea. Unfortunately, gold’s shine isn’t the only thing that lasts a […]