So, National Parks are the greatest thing since sliced bread. And everyone loves them. Right? Well, not so fast. In the past couple years, a small group of Republicans have introduced bills that would seriously curtailing the creation of new National Parks and roll back protections of existing ones. These have been dubbed the “No More National Parks” bills. None of these bills have become law. Yet.Claire Moser works for the Public Lands Project for The Center for American Progress and she is trying to steop those bills.
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So just how good are we at predicting the future? Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson look back at some forecasts from the turn of the millenium.
Mick Foley thrilled wrestling fans for years as the character “Mankind.” He’s since written two best-selling autobiographies and two children’s books. Now he’s a novelist.
Historian Michael Kammen tells Anne Strainchamps that the social distinctions between high-brow and low-brow culture are not as important as they once were.
Is the melting of the Polar Ice cap in the Arctic destroying the habitat for polar bears and the seals they eat?
Erik Prince was the founder and CEO of Blackwater, the controversial private military contractor. He's also been called a soldier for hire and a mercenary.
Marilyn Johnson tells Anne Strainchamps why obituaries are the best stories in the paper.
Josh Ritter is a folk-rocker who's being called the heir apparent to Dylan and Springsteen. He joins Steve Paulson in the TTBOOK studios in Madison, Wisconsin to perform a few songs and to talk about his music.
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