James Jewell is Professor of History and Co-Chair of the Social and Behavioral Science Division at North Idaho College. This interview is based on his new book, Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior […]
Pacific Northwest
Episode 91: “Providential History and the Pacific Northwest”
Did Marcus Whitman “save” Oregon? In this episode we talk with Sarah Koenig, author of Providence and the Invention of American History. She tells the story of a Protestant missionary to the Pacific Northwest and how his story provides a […]
Our infrastructure is not equipped for climate change
On Sunday it was 112 degrees in Portland. Check out Robinson Meyer‘s sobering piece at The Atlantic. A taste: The Biden administration has been teased for trying to stuff climate change into an infrastructure frame. But this week has affirmed […]