by bill-youngs | May 8, 2024 | Fireside Talks
A Perilous Day on Long’s Peak in Colorado, 1962 Once upon a time I was a college student, like all of you. And like you, I felt an urge to wander and explore. After finishing my junior year at Harvard I set out on my motor scooter for what turned out to be an...
by bill-youngs | Nov 7, 2023 | Fireside Talks
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by bill-youngs | Nov 2, 2023 | Fireside Talks
As we venture more deeply into the wilderness in literature, film, and philosophy we are learning a kind of language, composed of stories and concepts. Along the way we are discovering a “conversation” that uses the terms of that language. Our study of the...
by bill-youngs | Nov 2, 2023 | Fireside Talks
JHCGA Climate Change and National Security While I was in Jackson Hole in 2018, I attended a forum on climate change sponsored by the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs. The forum focused on “Climate Solutions, Coal Communities, and Economic...
by bill-youngs | Nov 2, 2023 | Fireside Talks
Ideology and Action John Adams once said that Independence was born in the hearts and minds of the American people before the Revolution actually began. Americans were accustomed to discussing “natural rights” before they waged a war and established a...
