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What is your occupation?
Editor-In-Chief of True West Magazine
What are your favorite hobbies?
Hiking at historic spots, particularly where there are petroglyphs; geocaching the West; reading Nobel Prize literature; playing tennis; and eating delicacies from around the world.
Do you subscribe to True West magazine?
I read it every day :)

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Boomers, Stickers and Taxing the Rich!



Washington has on its November ballot Initiative 1098, which creates a state income tax on higher-income taxpayers.…


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Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

Muslims in Old West Texas





On September 11, Bud Kennedy wrote a column on Muslims in the Old West for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, opening with: "Since 1856, Muslims have worshipped in Texas."



He writes about the how the first Muslims who came to Texas served in the U.S. Army as camel drovers. He focuses on Hi-Jolly (who changed his name from Hajj Ali), who… Continue

Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:16am — 1 Comment

The Rolling Stones, Wild Horses and BLM Roundups







"Wild horses couldn't drag me away."



Keith Richards and Mick Jagger popularized this idiom on the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album in 1971.



Yet most folks these days know that the literal "wild horses" that populate our American West are being "dragged away" in periodic roundups by the BLM.



Opinions on whether these roundups are good or bad for the West's wild… Continue

Posted on September 7, 2010 at 8:33am

Geronimo Lawsuit Dismissed!



At 6:21 a.m. the ever diligent reporter Art Martori sent me an e-mail about the breaking news that the Geronimo lawsuit has been dismissed, adding, "I wonder what Ramsey Clark has planned now...."



Thanks to the Las Cruces Sun-New's article in today's paper, I was able to tell him, and all of you, what Clark says his next steps… Continue

Posted on August 11, 2010 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

Ooops...from the Editorial Desk!



-Artwork by Karl Thomas / Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2010 –







Our readers are the best. They truly are! Their passion to go out and participate in the great adventures waiting for them in locales all across the American West is what actually caused me to find out about an "oops" we made from the… Continue

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

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Meghan Saar replied to Juha Nakari's discussion Anne Meadows and Dan Buck's website?
"Hi Everyone! Dan Buck just shared with  me the new website for sharing their Butch & Sundance research: http://diggingupbutchandsundance.wordpress.com/   Hope you all enjoy it!   Cheers,Meghan Saar Editor-In-Chief True West…"
Mar 7, 2011
Stan H commented on Meghan Saar's blog post Boomers, Stickers and Taxing the Rich!
"Cactus Jack, you make a very valid point. One should be an active part of their community. We need "stickers" but they need to be in tune to their surroundings. To move into an area because one believes it is great, then attempt to change…"
Oct 24, 2010
Cactus Jack commented on Meghan Saar's blog post Boomers, Stickers and Taxing the Rich!
"It's not necessary for resource hogs to come into an area, extract what they want, trash the ecosystem and haul the profits back to financial centers in order for people to have "civilization" or community. There were fully functional…"
Oct 24, 2010
Jim Holden commented on Meghan Saar's blog post Boomers, Stickers and Taxing the Rich!
"My Grandfather and Great-Grandfather were both "Boomers" in every sense of the word,moving West from MA, to IL to KS to OK always on the tide of civilization. But in the end, they "stuck" in Oklahoma, but were forever…"
Oct 15, 2010

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At 9:01pm on December 30, 2008, Jon Couture said…
Hey Meghan,
I'am one of the original maniacs....can you post the picture that you have of
me in my outfit? I think it was used a couple years ago...you can visit our
updated website www.trinitywashington.com. I am located in Brush Prairie
Washington....JON COUTURE
At 3:36pm on January 6, 2009, Sherry Monahan said…
I used the features on this site. I like your photo!
At 8:47pm on January 19, 2009, Bill Markley said…
Hey Meghan I just joined up with the group. We also started an Old West group on Face Book if you're interested.

Bill

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