Ezra Meeker was a pioneer in developing the agriculture of Washington state, including the first hops. Today, there are no hops grown in wes...

(This post began as a response to the first in a series concerning Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts (2001) on Jo...

Still working on an article that no one will ever read for an encyclopedia that no one will ever buy, I just came across a few marvelous art...

I'm not blogging much of late because I'm struggling to finish an overdue encyclopedia article that compresses all of Montana Indian...

I felt a sense of revulsion when I saw in the newspaper the image of Batman's Joker now covering Obama's face. My immediate sense wa...