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Samuel Western

Samuel Western of Sheridan is a university lecturer, poet and U.S. regional correspondent for The Economist. He is the author of Pushed Off the Mountain Sold Down the River: Wyoming’s Search for Its Soul (2003), and A Random Census of Souls (2009).

Take A Risk: How to create a society that matches its scenery

March 25, 2014 by Samuel Western 3 Comments

Samuel Western writes that Wyoming is America’s monolith of demographic, educational, political, and economic monoculture — and monocultures collapse.

Tom Balding: Custom bridle & bit craftsman was inspired when bucked off a horse

June 26, 2012 by Samuel Western 2 Comments

Although Tom Balding had always excelled as a welder and a tinkerer, it was a long and sometimes difficult road to his business success.

The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920: The law that changed Wyoming’s economic destiny

May 8, 2012 by Samuel Western Leave a Comment

While energy development is arguably central to Wyoming's economy, it wasn't always this way.

Wyoming's AML revenue stream slowing to a trickle

April 17, 2012 by Samuel Western 4 Comments

Wyoming has been successful in mitigating abandoned coal mine problems, but it continues to receive large amounts of funding from the Abandoned Mine Lands Fund. That money has been spent on a variety of non-mine projects, from infrastructure to research.

Remembering longtime Wyoming journalist Dennis Curran

April 12, 2012 by Samuel Western 8 Comments

On Sunday, April 8, longtime Wyoming journalist Dennis Curran passed away. In a WyoFile special feature, Samuel Western takes a moment to memorialize Curran’s career and his many contributions to Wyoming journalism and public life.
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