One of the first lessons responsible parents teach their children is both simple and valid: if you make a mess, clean it up. Many mining companies used their political influence to escape this admonition. This is true through out the West, even on the borders of Yellowstone National Park. Their economic calculus is simple. Benefits […]

Three decades ago I moved from teaching at Indiana University for a position at Montana State. At MSU, I helped create a small institute. While that program was a causality of university politics, its participants prospered. More importantly, its ideas triumphed. Our goal was to fundamentally change the way opinion leaders thought about protecting and […]