February 26 marks the centenary of Grand Canyon National Park, its designation issuing from the pen of President Woodrow Wilson…
I’m intrigued by the notion that despite their futuristic ideals, liberals are obsessed with the past in nostalgic ways. On…
Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon By John Clayton (Pegasus Books, 285 pages, $27.95)…
Songwriting is the backstage, disreputable cousin of poetry. Audio poetry for the masses, if you will. Its highbrow priesthood (Cole…
A Sportsman’s Library: 100 Essential, Engaging, Offbeat, and Occasionally Odd Fishing and Hunting Books for the Adventurous Reader By Stephen…
My friend Happy Jack Feder lived in Missoula, Montana, in the early 1980s in the same neighborhood as the writer…
On an anonymous day in June I will celebrate 25 years of sobriety. On that night in 1988 I came…
Stories from Montana’s Enduring Frontier: Exploring an Untamed LegacyBy John Clayton (The History Press, 175 Pages, $19.99 paper) Montana’s history really…
I saw the “Yonder Mountain String Band” (Jeff Austin, Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala, Dave Johnston) in Missoula recently and it…
The Wilma Theater in Missoula, Montana, has its charms, but has seen better days. It’s a near century-old ornate opera…