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Old Religion vs. Civic Religion

Over the weekend, the Wall St. Journal reported about a conflict between the Hopi people and a ski resort. At issue in this conflict is the plan from Arizona Snowbowl (the resort) to use recycled water to make artificial snow in an expansion into land that the Hopi and several other indigenous peoples believe to [...]

Home: In (and of) the World

I can remember almost viscerally the days when my brother Michael and I would wander off behind my family’s tin-covered, sanguine colored barn, deeper and deeper into the woods off of Brawely School Rd.  The forest, with its gorges and streams, seemed to be endless. No cars, cranes, or even people could be heard. No [...]