California’s Salton Sea
The endangered Salton Sea is evaporating, leaving behind a toxic storm. The Salton Sea is located southeast of Palm Springs, California and north of Mexicali…
The Origin of American Myth
The first permanent European settlement in America was NOT in Plymouth, Mass. (1620), or in Jamestown, Virginia (1607). Spanish explorers settled St. Augustine, Florida in…
Death of the Colorado River
Author: James Mattil The Colorado River is born high in the Rocky Mountains and flows south and westward through Colorado, Utah, into Lake Powell (created…
A Summer Evening in Belfast
Author: James Mattil 5:00 A.M. 11 July 1998, Belfast, Northern Ireland. I’d been on watch since 10:00 p.m., alternating between patrolling the riverside and perching…