For awhile there, last year, I got suckered into the Nevada ranchers’ hoopla. Not that the federal government is “right.” But I sure don’t trust these chest-thumping, bloviating rednecks, either.

Media Coverage in Oregon Militia Standoff Raises Eyebrows —and Ire

Friend, naturalist, and author Terry Tempest Williams, a westerner who has been active in efforts to save public land, puts it well: