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Frackin’ on heaven’s door

A piece I wrote for High Country News, about coming to terms with the loss of a beloved prairie landscape to oil and gas development. How...

Genocidal Grandmas

Middle America is radicalizing. A look at the haters. From my Facebook blog. Comment threads on articles, once regarded as an unfortunate...

I finally joined the smartphone club

An editorial on a momentous event in my life, about ten years behind everyone else. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. I got a smartphone...

I guess I'm half city mouse, half country mouse

Moving to a sleepy town of 8,000 from Denver gave me a foot in two worlds. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. I spent last weekend in...

Fighting the War on Christmas

Confronting the ludicrous allegations that liberals seek to destroy Christmas. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. The White House has not...

Meeting ghosts on the prairie

On the mystery and heartbreak of traversing the Great Plains. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. The Great Plains, I have read, were once...

Admit it, marijuana is addictive

Legal marijuana may keep people out of jail, but it comes at a cost. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. Marijuana is addictive, and only...

I have to add Alamosa to my list of 'Where were you' places

On a little town from my past that had a hole blown in it by a mass shooting. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. I have to add Alamosa to...

Mass media consumers beware!

Becoming a smarter news consumer means having a vocabulary for manipulative tactics. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. Mass media...

Remembering the Unabomber

A visit to the little town in Montana that Ted Kaczynski once called home. For my collective art and writing zine, Wolf Boy. To the...

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David Gilbert

Writer, Photographer, Journalist