Longs Peak (14,259’), the only 14er in Rocky Mountain National Park. October, 2025. #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday

GAO shows how to go after government waste using brains rather than an Elon Musk chainsaw cepr.net/publications...

View from West Maroon Pass (12,500’) on our hike from Crested Butte to Aspen CO, 2022, #Blueskymonday #Mountainmonday

NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...

Wheeler Peak (highest in NM - 13,197’) from Williams Lake in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness, NM, for #blueskymonday #mountainmonday Also, been to top some years back.

As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou

Missed National Hike Day yesterday. Better late than never. On the trail up to Grassy Pass, Rawah Wilderness, Routt NF, CO, 2015.

The Tetons from Taggart Lake, April 2025, for #Bluesky #Mountain Monday.

ICE and Border Patrol aren't preventing violence in Chicago. They're creating violence in Chicago.

Northern Lights from Aquarius Hill between Lafayette & Louisville CO.

Heavens Peak from Granite Park Chalet, Glacier NP, 2017, for #bluesky #mountainmonday. The haze is from Canadian forest fires.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

My contribution to Mountain Monday. Mt Adams from Mt.Rainier National Park.

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

That line pretty much sums it up

Happy Halloween from the people who harvest your #Halloween pumpkins. 🎃 ¡Feliz Halloween de parte de quienes cosechan tus calabazas de Halloween! 🎃 #WeFeedYou

A good friend is visiting from WI, so we spent a beautiful fall day in RMNP. Driving home on US 36, about 2 miles east of Estes Park, this group of elk was traversing a meadow along the highway. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Pumpkins will be decorating porches tomorrow as we enjoy Halloween. They come to us thanks to workers like these NY state farm workers who were harvesting these heavy pumpkins last Friday in the rain. #WeFeedYou

Blaming baby boomers for the problems of younger generations is popular in elite media, but it is not serious analysis. The problem is the rich and the generational stuff is a distraction deanbaker22.substack.com/p/my-generat...

No Kings, Cleveland. The whole day was peaceful and a lot of fun! (Visiting my wife’s sister and her family in Huron, Ohio.)

Took the grandkids to RMNP and the “haunted” Stanley Hotel in Estes Park today on their day off from school. Photos of Sprague Lake and Long’s Peak in RMNP.

"Maria" is rolling up raisins under the hot Madera sun. To earn $70, she has to roll 1,000 sheets! Each row has around 250 sheet. It's hard grueling work walking on the burning sand for hours rolling one sheet after another. #WeFeedYou

Since we moved to CO, my wife and I have hiked the Mitchell & Blue Lakes trail in the part of the Indian Peaks Wilderness in Brainard Lake Recreation Area to mark the beginning of our hiking season and the end. (The roads close Sunday) My brother stood in for my wife (fractured ankle) on this one.

Along the road from Leadville to Minturn, through Tennessee Pass. Just a small sample of the mountains of CO in the fall.

The highest! Mt Elbert, 14,440 ft. Been to the top many years ago.

Buena Vista. The Arkansas River, public trail, and Mt, Princeton.

Late September in the Colorado mountains. Photos from our (my daughter & I) hike to Ptarmigan Lake in the San Isabel National Forest, just west of Buena Vista.

Kenosha Pass today, on our way to Buena Vista CO.

"Saul" picks cilantro & parsley on CAs Central Coast. It's hard work as one needs to be on your knees all day long on the cold dirt and that causes your body to ache. Working rapidly is essential as you're paid by how many bunches you harvest. #WeFeedYou

Anyway, this decline in Chicago's homicides is a huge win, just for the basic humanity of the people of Chicago, and it should be getting far more attention. Instead, the media still keeps tripping over itself buying into Trump's "I'm fighting crime in burning cities" rhetoric, reality be damned.

My hike today in Rocky Mountain National Park.

My hiking/backpacking partner for 50+ yrs (married 51) fractured her ankle coming down from Lk Haiyaha. So haven’t posted recently. Here’s some older photos. San Miguel mts fr Sneffels Highline tr, Gilpin Lk-Zirkel Circle, Gore Range-Shrine mt hk, Elk mts-Crested Butte/Aspen thru W Maroon pass.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

This Labor Day weekend as we enjoy barbecues and picnics, let's remember the farm workers who labor so hard to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

The iconic Flatirons of Boulder CO.

This isn't just a political claim, it's an empirical one. If "the problem is not guns" then we shouldn't see any correlation between gun ownership and oh wait platform.vox.com/wp-content/u...

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

In Donald Trump's demented mind, the U.S. economy might be doing great, but in the real world, China is soaring past it substack.com/home/post/p-...

Lower Crater Lakes, James Peak Wilderness CO.

This is America.

Guess what? We’re not going anywhere. “Fight the Trump Takeover” in Superior CO today. 🇺🇸

The data doesn't lie; the court order in Los Angeles had a clear and measurable impact.

Hiked to Lake Haiyaha in RMNP from Bear Lake to Glacier Gorge last Thursday. Photos of Nymph Lake, Longs Peak, the view along the trail, and Lake Haiyaha.

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo... My father was stationed in Europe for most of the war. My mother’s oldest brother died on Iwo Jima, another uncle fought at the Battle of the Bulge. In some ways, I’m glad they didn’t live to see what we’ve become.🇺🇸

These CA tomato pickers make 86¢ per bucket. The worker runs back to try and make as many buckets as they can. Because of the hot weather they often only work 4 to 5 hours a day, so every bucket counts towards paying their bills. #WeFeedYou

We haven’t been able to get up into the mountains for about 2 weeks. As a substitute, today we did a loop hike following the Fowler, Spring Brook and Goshawk trails, south of Eldorado Canyon State Park CO. Photos of the Mikey Mouse Wall at the top of the loop, and Goshawk Trail back down.