2/3…TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT….By Jim Stiles THE ‘OCCUPY MOVEMENT’: * Just WHO is Occupying WHOM? (“I’m shocked! I’m shocked!” * The 99% at War with Itself * Occupying Wall Street vs Occupying Wal-Mart—the root of the problem MY WORST…AND…
THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT & HISTORY: A recent survey of Americans under 30 revealed some surprising gaps in their knowledge of America and of the world. Three in ten could not locate the Pacific Ocean on a map. Seven out of…
Gauge: The Champaign Dog from the Land of Lincoln Submitted by Lisa Braddock Gauge was rescued from an animal control facility that would not allow him to be adopted even though he showed no signs of aggression or any…
MY PERSONAL HISTORY: Life & Times in Southeast Utah by Verona Stocks The Farm in Blanding When school was out a family friend took Aunt Pearl, Mary and me to Blanding. The night before we left, a well…
Holidaze It is starting to get cold here. Once again, the trees flame with gold that rains down on the barren fields whenever the wind sweeps down the valley. I can see my breath most mornings, and know that the…
I lean against the railing atop a high rise, just enough to get butterflies, and settle my gaze on the Pacific Ocean. The city of Seattle is waking up. From above, the sputtering trucks look like slow moving flat…
I often don’t know what’s on my mind (facebook) until sometimes when I look at old photos like these. It’s the old house I lived in during 1977 and most of 78 near Cedar Hill, Texas (actually those are…
Bonfire of the Vanities by Doug Meyer Quotations from “Inferno” by Charles Bowden “It is not simply that I do not have clean hands. It is worse: I refuse to wash them…” In case you hadn’t noticed, the…
In the summer of 1987, the economy of Moab and Grand County hit rock bottom. A few years earlier, as uranium prices plummeted, the Atlas Vanadium Processing Mill north of town closed its doors for good. The mill, which had…
Portraits of Moab (1988-1993) In the late 80s and early 90s, I was taking a lot of pictures of Moab’s ‘survivors.’ the ones who decided to tough out the hard times and make a new life. Here is Part…