Elayne Clift: America’s assault on its antiquities

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elayne Clift, who writes about women, culture and social issues from Saxtons River.
Anyone who has seen pictures of the Taliban-battered giant Buddhas in Afghanistan or the destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra by Isis will understand why environmentalists and naturalists are devastated by President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for the identification of American national monuments that could be rescinded or resized. The destructive