Newspaper Articles
Little Libertarians on the Prairie
Illustration by Boris Kulikov for the Boston Globe The Boston Globe, August 11, 2013 A few months after the stock market crash, in the winter of 1930, Laura Ingalls Wilder sat at a small desk in Mansfield, Mo., and began writing down her life story in pencil. She had...
Japanese article quotes Chris Woodside. Subject: the Little House books
The newspaper Asahi Shimbun's locator map showing De Smet, South Dakota, Laura Ingalls Wilder's home as a young woman and where an Asahi Shimbun reporter attended a Little House pageant. 7-Oct-14 This is an unofficial translation of an article by Daisuke Nakai, which...
Barn Voyage: Newer buildings reflect Connecticut’s farm roots
Barn for road salt in Manchester, Connecticut. Photo from town of Manchester Place section, The Hartford Courant A harried commuter buzzes along the highway. A field rises up to the right. At the top of the knoll stands a simple brown barn, its gambrel roof outlined...
Solving the Mysteries of a Rising Sea
The New York Times, September 13, 1998 THE sea level is rising 2 millimeters a year, too little to notice year to year but enough to send the waves toward beach houses and sea walls over the next two generations. The tidal marshes that once covered most of the...
Moving to a “Green Economy”: The Unmarked Road Ahead
On December 8, 2010, two months ahead of his appointment as Connecticut environmental commissioner, Dan Esty spoke about changing the economy to include renewables. The Connecticut Mirror, March 7, 2011 It's an alluring proposition: Connecticut solves its major energy...
Freight rail in Connecticut suffering from neglect
A New England Central Railroad freight train delivers goods to Freeport-McMoran Copper (formerly Phelps-Dodge) in Norwich, Connecticut. Photo by Tom Mik. The Connecticut Mirror The logic seems sound: If more of Connecticut's goods were moved on freight trains instead...
