|
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. — Second Amendment, US Constitution The Bushmaster .223, reportedly used by Adam Lanza in his murderous attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School, comes with a 30-round […] Many small people, who in many small places, do many small things, can alter the face of the world. — Adage from the Xhosa of South Africa Many of us in the Highlands have had a difficult run-up to the holiday. Hurricane Sandy hit us with an ugly punch-to-the-gut on October 29th, testing our […] McGovern as Food for Peace director in 1961, with President John F. Kennedy. “I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie,” he said in an interview for this obituary in 2005 in his home in Mitchell. “My dad was a […] A big tip of the hat to my friend Kathleen Sutcliffe (@justlikeatree on Twitter) for her Earthjustice unEarthed Blog post (click here) on the trailer for Promised Land, a feature film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon that depicts the effects of the fracking boom on a small town. Here’s the trailer: […] “We are all co-owners of some of the most moving places on Earth, and while much of that emotion is born in the spectacular scenery we are seeing there, it also finds its source in us and our love and connection to each other.” – Ken Burns When I saw this article and video this […] Good day, Highlanders. It’s that time again. You know, that moment that I dread every year: “How in the heck am I going to keep the New Jersey Highlands News project alive for another year while paying my mortgage and other bills?” Sadly, funding is again looking scarce for this project, so for the […] April 29, 2012 By Scott Olson “The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.” –John Muir This past year has seemed hellish for many of us involved with the protection of the […] I was e-conversing with a good friend tonight – someone whom I admire and respect and do not see often enough – and she mentioned that tomorrow is “Poem In Your Pocket” day, something I’d never heard of until tonight. Since the object of our conversation had been the seemingly endless and […] |