Bernard DeVoto was in many ways an unlikely foe of politicians of the day who would attempt to sell off federal lands to their cronies. Photo from Utah Division of State History One of my favorite ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The University of Colorado at Boulder has given an honorary Ph.D. to a contentious public figure with a habit of using words like “stupidity,” “idiocy,” and ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. DeVoto addressed this letter to ...

It is difficult to think of a more challenging subject for a biography than Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955), the prolific critic, editor, environmental activist and historian extraordinaire. And that’s ...

Here, briefly, is the situation: The West’s public lands are under attack. National monuments are at perpetual risk of being shrunk or repealed; development threatens our wildest places; and powerful ...

Former Exeter and England centre Ollie Devoto has said he knew he was "not done" with playing, ahead of joining Major League Rugby side Chicago Hounds in the new year. The 31-year-old made 127 ...

Looking back, it all seems awfully po-faced. It was not inapprop-riate in some ways, but these days I try not to look desperately earnest and solemn in photos." Howard Devoto, punk pioneer, post-punk ...

In these days there is an all-too-ready assumption that tee must call in an ex-Communist whenever some other American’s loyalty is in doubt. Indeed, as Elmer Doris remarked in a recent broadcast.