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Debbie Weingarten’s cover piece depicts the conflict over the Salt River wild horses and the mythology of wild horses as symbols of an unbridled West (HCN, 3/18/19). But in venturing further afield, the article echoes destructive myths about America’s free-roaming wild equines. Overpopulation is not “a real problem.” The Bureau of Land Management and the […]

Kudos to Ruxandra Guidi for journalistic excellence and her report on the Border Police’s abuse of, among other principles of democracy, the First Amendment (“Detention nation,” HCN, 3/18/19). Guidi reports the truth (there is no such thing as an “alternative fact”) in a clear, concise and logical progression, without name-calling, supposition or what rhetoricians call […]

As a wildlife ecologist, I did two in-field investigations and reports on the Salt River herd and its habitat in 2012 and 2015 (“Arizona’s Wild Horse Paradox,” HCN, 3/18/19). These involved interviews, ecological transects and literature review. Based on my findings, I believe that Debbie Weingarten is overlooking much of the greater truth about these […]

In my opinion, the carbon tax initiative failed because of the way it was written and the open-ended question of costs (“What Killed Washington’s Carbon Tax?” HCN, 1/21/19). I’m a retired senior citizen, considered low-income, and I find living here is becoming unaffordable, within 20 square miles. I read the initiative, as I don’t sign or […]

Thanks for your post-mortem on Initiative 1631 (“What Killed Washington’s Carbon Tax?” HCN, 1/21/19). I think you missed one of the main reasons it failed. 1631’s design made it as much a “social justice” initiative as a climate initiative. Talk with some of those who backed Initiative 732, including Audubon. The Sierra Club and 350.org killed 732 because […]

Thanks for your article on Initiative 1631 (“What Killed Washington’s Carbon Tax?” HCN, 1/21/19). You touched with only a few sentences on the reasons for its defeat, however. Most supporters and certainly the framers of this initiative have come to realize the importance of the following in trying to pass restrictions on carbon emissions. Any fees […]