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Kyle Winslow

Kyle Winslow is an editorial intern at the Prospect.

Recent Articles

Art, Nature, and Industry

TAP talks to Lynn de Freitas of Friends of Great Salt Lake and Nancy Holt, artist Robert Smithson's widow, about the proposed drilling near Smithson's famous earth art sculpture, Spiral Jetty.

Kyle WinslowApr 11, 2008

See related article, No Art for Oil by Kriston Capps

How will the proposed drilling specifically affect Spiral Jetty?

Lynn de Freitas: This is a very intrusive kind of presence -- for the viewshed, for the landscape due to that sense of noise and light and dust -- that has far-reaching implications. To the extent that the visual impact is great or subtle, it's there, and what we don't know is what it will be like when drilling begins. What we also don't know but can probably presume is that, if this phase of exploration goes forward, there will be other leases that come forward for approval to drill.


A Problem for Gamblers

In states that fail to adequately fund treatment and counseling programs, people with gambling addictions have few places to turn.

Kyle WinslowMar 10, 2008

Problem gamblers who seek counseling services in Colorado have the odds against them. An estimated 5 percent of the state's 4.3 million people are problem gamblers, and those who seek help in curbing their compulsive habits are restricted to a menu of around eight service providers, none of which is allocated funding in the state budget. A lack of state funding for problem gambling services not only leaves behind the financial and social concerns of the problem gambler's family, but also denies problem gamblers treatment and potential problem gamblers prevention programs and problem gambling education.

OBAMA RALLY-READY.

Kyle WinslowJan 28, 2008

Turns out that rumor Dana mentioned about "some kids" setting up camp outside American University six hours before doors opened for the Obama rally was true: at five this morning, I was third in line. And I did end up shaking his hand.