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Meltdown: How Two Hotheads May Have Caused America’s First Nuclear Disaster

March 6, 2021 / by Malcolm Logan

The story goes like this. Two young enlisted men in their early twenties were tasked with operating a nuclear reactor in the Lost River Desert of Idaho. They were not scientists or engineers. They lacked college degrees. They were graduates of a crash course in how to operate a nuclear…

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Idaho, The Mountain States

A Visit to Sun Valley, America’s First Destination Ski Resort

February 27, 2021 / by Malcolm Logan

Skiing came to Sun Valley—as it came to all of us—by a roundabout manner. Having existed in Norway for centuries as a form of transportation, it was little regarded as a test of courage and agility until the mid-19th century when those nutty Norwegians embraced the death defying thrills of…

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Infamous Potatoes: An Economic Disaster Tale in Boise, ID

April 6, 2016 / by Malcolm Logan

Wandering the streets of Boise, I came across a homeless guy picking through the trash. I was just finishing my lunch, a McDonalds #1 value meal, which, if you don’t already know, is a Big Mac, soft drink and fries. Foolishly, I had agreed to super size it, which meant…

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My name is Malcolm Logan. I travel America.

Some folks say they know what America is. Lots of folks say they know what it ought to be. I say let’s have a closer look, because America is not so easy to pin down.

The only way to get a true sense of this extraordinary country is to immerse yourself in it, and the only way to immerse yourself in it is to explore it – by car.
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