Published in regional papers across the Pacific Northwest, and republished here in full — alongside unpublished essays on democracy, decency, and constitutional restraint.
After nearly two decades of wolf recovery, why is Washington still responding with rifles rather than the proven, non-lethal solutions working across the West?
A quiet dismissal of two of the most qualified voices on the state Wildlife Commission sends a troubling message at the worst possible time.
When a state agency director asks the governor to investigate the citizen body that oversees him, the public should pause — and look at the record that preceded it.
Science, stewardship, and the path forward — what the Colville grazing lawsuit reveals about a system that puts private interests over public good.
The orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days reminds us what is at stake when we let politics, not science, govern our wildlife.
There are moments when a democracy must decide whether it still intends to exist. We are in such a moment now.
What Joseph Welch's 1954 question to Senator McCarthy can teach us about constitutional restraint in our own moment.
On force, fear, and the use of detention as governance — and the participation required of all of us in response.
