A Question of Political Leadership
Rethinking a "Scoop" Jackson anecdote
history
Seeking Elk
"Seeking Elk," South Dakota Review 58, no. 3 (2024): 92-98.
Bear with me. I know this is abstract and maybe a little boring. But my idea had potential. A normal history—like many I’ve written—tells stories about the past in a straightforward way. And the history
Shifting Political Baselines
How a concept from fisheries biology is relevant to politics
Hope in Public Lands
With Leisl Carr Childers, "Hope in Public Lands: A Conversation," in Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country: Ruin, Realism, and Possibility in the American West, eds. Mark Fiege, Michael J. Lansing, and Leisl Carr Childers (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2024): 183-212.
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Walking among Ghosts
A Visit to Northern State Hospital
Keeping history alive at Northern State Hospital
"Keeping History Alive at Northern State Hospital," La Conner Weekly News (August 9, 2023).
Second Place winner, "History Feature Story," Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
On This Disputed River
"On This Disputed River, Progress May Mean a Return to the Past," Smithsonian Magazine (May 25, 2023).