BY ROGER CLARK
Today, some Westerners might call the 1908 presidential proclamation of a Grand Canyon National Monument a "surreptitious land grab." But it all depends on who's doing the grabbing, and for what purpose.
Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop says that such proclamations allow presidents to "lock up" millions of acres of public land "like bandits in the night." I say the real thieves are those who would trash our national treasures...