Mark Jenkins

Mark Jenkins is a contributing writer for National Geographic Magazine and the resident scholar for Wyoming Humanities. A critically acclaimed author and internationally recognized journalist, Jenkins covers geopolitics, the environment and adventure. The accomplished mountaineer has done 50 expeditions around the world. He holds a B.A. in philosophy and an M.S. in geography, both from the University of Wyoming.

A modest proposal for solving Wyoming’s budget woes

Opinion

January 22, 2021 by Mark Jenkins 20 Comments

With a budget shortfall of nearly a third of a billion dollars, satirist Mark Jenkins writes, it’s time for Wyoming to eliminate its most egregiously socialistic program: public schools.

This land is your land

Opinion

November 17, 2020 by Mark Jenkins 10 Comments

If you hunt, fish, climb, hike, ride, bird watch or bike — some of the best reasons to live in Wyoming — you should be in favor of preserving the status of public land in perpetuity.

Why the Electoral College does a disservice to Wyoming

Opinion

October 30, 2020 by Mark Jenkins 25 Comments

If states get rid of winner-take-all rule, writes Jenkins, elections will be more representative and states like Wyoming will receive more attention.

As Wyoming reaches inflection point, humanities matter

Opinion

October 13, 2020 by Mark Jenkins 4 Comments

We’ve come to an economic and cultural crossroads and must decide what we want Wyoming to become, Mark Jenkins writes. The humanities teach us how to think critically about complex questions like these.