https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/10/rural-texas-teens-texting.html
Legal Ruralism: Rural Texas Teens Texting
This article struck me for two reasons: it showed significant differences between rural and urban populations and it was based on actual em...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2014/02/another-story-of-regulatory-failure-in.html
Legal Ruralism: Another story of regulatory failure in rural America
Trip Gabriel reported for the New York Times today from Raleigh North Carolina about the Dan River coal ash spill that occurred earlier thi...
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https://cowboysspot.co.uk/the-economic-impact-of-the-new-ruralism-on-british-western-themed-destinations/
The Economic Impact of the 'New Ruralism' on British Western-Themed Destinations - CowboySpot
Dec 29, 2025 - In recent years, a fascinating cultural and financial shift has taken hold across the United Kingdom, often referred to as the New Ruralism
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/09/on-what-makes-mary-peltola-and-her.html
Legal Ruralism: On what makes Mary Peltola and her campaign distinctive
This is from Katrina van den Heuvel's column in the Washington Post , after she notes how rural Alaska is by saying that Democrats' flipping...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/06/campaigning-in-rural-america.html
Legal Ruralism: Rural-urban tensions in the 2012 elections
Don't miss Ari Shapiro's recent NPR story on the efforts by Romney and Obama to woo rural voters. Here's the lede: Republican presidenti...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2025/07/small-town-government-run-amok-part.html
Legal Ruralism: Small-town government run amok (Part XIII): Is Kerr County partly to blame for the...
I've already written this week about the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas. What I am going to highlight in this post is recent ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/12/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-clxx.html
Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part CLXX): failure to declare COVID deaths and how...
The Missouri Independent reports out of Cape Girardeau County, in the state's bootheel, on a coroner who has declared no deaths from COVID ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/08/update-on-laurel-mississippi-ice-raid.html
Legal Ruralism: Update on the ICE raid in Laurel, Mississippi
See this from the Daily Yonder, relying on a Washington Post story. I note that those detained -- as many as 600 of them -- are being held ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2009/09/so-not-all-nonmetropolitan-communities.html
Legal Ruralism: So not all nonmetropolitan communities are insular and conservative?
The New York Times ran a story a few days ago about an exurban community of Seattle that is up in arms about its mayor's plan to honor con...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2016/05/rural-refugees-of-climate-change-from.html
Legal Ruralism: Rural refugees of climate change: from Louisiana to India
The New York Times reported last week about " Resettling the First American Climate Refugees ," and since those climate refugees are in rur...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/07/my-rural-travelogue-part-xix-new.html
Legal Ruralism: My Rural Travelogue (Part XIX): A new National Park concessionaire could seriously...
Siskiyou Mountains, from Cliff Nature Trail, Oregon Caves National Monument I made a grand tour through the would-be State of Jefferson ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/05/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-cxxx.html
Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part CXXX): Rural-urban disparities in vaccine uptake...
The Kansas City Star reports today under the headline, " 'Pools of infection.' Vaccinations surge in some parts of KS, MO while other stru...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-plan-to-revive-sierra-nevada-towns.html
Legal Ruralism: A plan to revive Sierra-Nevada towns with a new hiking trail to draw eco-tourists
That is the gist of Jessica Garrison's story out of Portola, California, population 2104 , in nonmetro Plumas County. The headline is "‘ We...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/11/rural-resorts-out-west-take-it-on-chin.html
Legal Ruralism: Rural resorts out West take it on the chin as economy slumps, but locals suffer more
Kirk Johnson reports in Sunday's New York Times that the Yellowstone Club, a very exclusive resort outside Big Sky, Montana, population 1,...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/01/pulling-out-all-stops-to-save-rural.html
Legal Ruralism: Pulling out all the stops to save a rural school (Part XI): Hitting enrollment...
I've written a lot about the Deer-Mt. Judea School District in Newton County, Arkansas , over the past few years--in particular about the sc...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/02/high-country-news-on-rural-white-scorn.html?showComment=1591003382988
Legal Ruralism: High Country News on "rural white scorn" (or, we are all angry, rural whites)
I rarely see the High Country News in print, but this month was an exception. They sent me a hard copy of the January 22 issue because I'...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/05/state-of-jefferson-movement-evolves.html
Legal Ruralism: State of Jefferson movement evolves into push for "Greater Idaho"
I've written a lot over the years about the would-be State of Jefferson--a proposed new state encompassing a chunk of rural northern Califor...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-in-country-for-jerry-brown.html
Legal Ruralism: Jerry Brown's day in the country
The Sacramento Bee reported yesterday on Jerry Brown's visit to Colusa, California, population 5,971 . Gov. Jerry Brown knew the room wa...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/07/on-rural-antipathy-to-regulation-and.html
Legal Ruralism: On rural antipathy to regulation, and how one Maryland Democrat is trying to flip...
This brilliant piece by Farah Stockman in the New York Times is not obviously about rural issues; the headline is " The Democrat Who's Fli...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-opioid-epidemic-reaches-most.html?showComment=1487697143836
Legal Ruralism: The opioid epidemic reaches the most vulnerable - newborn infants
I recently caught up with my mother, a long-time dietitian who works with low-income women and children at a health department in "The Thum...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2015/01/another-story-about-keystone-xl-and.html
Legal Ruralism: Another story about Keystone XL and the unusual bedfellows it has made in Nebraska
The New York Times reports today under the headline, " Defenders of Tradition in Keystone XL Fight ," of the unexpected alliances betwee...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/11/david-brooks-takes-up-rural-urban-divide.html
Legal Ruralism: David Brooks takes up the rural-urban divide in Election 2020
In today's New York Times , David Brooks takes up the influence of the rural-urban divide on the 2020 election . The headline is "The Rott...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/01/uneven-development-neglect-of-rural.html
Legal Ruralism: Uneven development, neglect of rural populace drove the Tunisian revolution
NPR's Eric Westervelt filed this report about the Tunisian "Jasmine Revolution" yesterday under the headline, "Rural Tunisians Hope Revolt ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/gun-rights-victory-rural-defeat.html?showComment=1315369317703
Legal Ruralism: Gun-rights victory a rural defeat?
Gun right advocates have been on the offensive in recent years, focusing their sights on overturning urban handgun bans. They have celebrate...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/01/maine-governor-tells-concerned-rural.html
Legal Ruralism: Maine Governor tells concerned rural teenager to "read a book" when asked to...
Perhaps the greatest thing about American democracy is the ability to write our lawmakers and representatives and make our voices heard. ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/04/rural-prisons-spacial-isolation-at-its.html?showComment=1302026698330
Legal Ruralism: Rural prisons: spatial isolation at its finest
During the past month, I have made what I consider to be an inordinate number of visits to several California State Prisons throughout the ...
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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2016/01/on-rural-public-education-in-of-all.html
Legal Ruralism: On rural public education, in of all places, "The [uber urban] Atlantic"
Rachel Martin reported from Fentress County, Tennessee, last week under the headline "Salvaging Education in Rural America." The headline i...
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