Thomas Cobb ‘s “With Blood in Their Eyes” won the 2013 Spur Award for Best Western Long Novel, and Robert M. Utley ‘s “Geronimo” won for Best Western Nonfiction-Biography, Western Writers of America has announced. It is Cobb’s second Spur and Utley’s third. The University of Arizona Press published “With Blood in Their Eyes.” Yale [...]

Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland. On paper, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. [...]

Santa Fe, N.M., author Johnny D. Boggs won Spur Awards for two novels, while Rod Miller of Sandy, Utah, also won two Spurs this year for poetry and a short story, Western Writers of America has announced. Colorado songwriter Jon Chandler claimed his third Spur award for his song “Morning Star Moon.” He previously won [...]

America’s premier Western museum, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, celebrates its 51st anniversary with the announcement of the Western Heritage Award winners in literature, music, film and television. Give April 21, the awards reflect the significant stories of the American West. Earlier this month, the museum announced that actors Bruce Boxleitner and the [...]

The Western Writers of America (WWA) had issued the lists of the Best Westerns twice before; in 1985 and again in 1995, both times with similar results in several areas. However, around the year 2000 the WWA felt it was time to reprise the Best Western Survey.  They brought together a panel of fifty-five individuals from twenty-two states and one [...]

La ceremonia de entrega de los premios Western Heritage celebró los 50 años y premió a lo mejor del año en películas Western, TV, música y literatura. Más de 1.200 personas asistieron al evento que tuvo lugar en The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, en Oklahoma City. Estos fueron los ganadores de 2011 en [...]

The board of directors of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has announced the 2011 inductees into the Hall of Great Westerners and the Hall of Great Western Performers as well as the recipient of the Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award. The 50th Anniversary of the Western Heritage Awards will be celebrated April 16. [...]

Political and electoral strategies have been implemented facing 2012 presidential elections. Possible candidates are already doing pre-campaign and mobilizing their supporters, resources and strategies and campaigns with aggressive tactics and mud slinging are planned. Democrats will present Barack Obama for re-election; it’s unlikely that any other party candidate will rock the boat to dispute Obama’s [...]

Some of the most interesting and dynamic initiatives in American politics have to do with Hispanics. Groups and organizations are trying to reach our community from every possible angle because of the enormous benefits that having our support implicates in terms of votes, social integration, and economic gain. One such initiative by the Republican Party, [...]

The United States’ status as an exceptional nation that has often set the bar for the rest of the world is undeniable. This positive example has made America a world leader. In August, America’s exceptional model of conscientious capitalism made headlines with the announcement that 40 millionaires have committed to donating half their fortunes to [...]