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OPINION 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2016 Inca successes, mistakes light our way QdeaQ FoQdors are suFh a Fom maQdiQJ s\mEol oI iQdepeQ deQFe aQd eQduraQFe that their imaJe is oQ the (FuadoriaQ aQd %oliviaQ À aJs — prett\ Fool Ior a pouQd vulture 'espite their meQu preIereQFes — EiJ rotteQ aQimal Forpses — FoQdors do possess Fharisma I¶ve watFhed as maQ\ as eiJht iQ the air at oQFe soar iQJ aloQJ ridJe tops iQ isolated valle\s /ike witQessiQJ a total eFlipse oI the suQ or a meteor shower, the\ are prooI the world Matt doesQ¶t revolve Winters arouQd us )l\ iQJ a mile or two aEove valle\ À oors, it would Ee QiFe to thiQk FoQdors are saIe aQd eterQal %ut that, oI Fourse, is merest IaQtas\ The\ are iQ trouEle iQ South Amer iFa due deadl\ iQteraFtioQs with humaQs aQd haEitat loss The AQdeaQ FouQtr\side is empt\iQJ out as desper ate FampesiQos Frowd iQto the despi FaEle slums oI /ima, 3eru, aQd other Fities, Eut uQreJulated loJJiQJ aQd threats like predator poisoQiQJs Qever theless eat awa\ at the FoQdors¶ Iuture was the last time a North AmeriFaQ FoQdor was seeQ iQ OreJoQ, \ears aIter the /ewis aQd &lark ([peditioQ shot oQe Qear IlwaFo as it Ied oQ a whale FarFass oQ the &olum Eia 5iver¶s Qorth shore .illiQJ some thiQJ to stud\ it is oQe oI sFieQFe¶s Fruel iroQies Nowada\s, we¶re Ior tuQate eveQ to oEserve turke\ vultures arouQd the &olumEia The other da\, a kettle oI vultures over the swamps Ee\oQd &hiQook, :ashiQJtoQ, told me there must Ee a deliFious drowQed deer somewhere iQ the Erush There is little FhaQFe FoQdors will aJaiQ À \ iQ OreJoQ or :ashiQJtoQ, A Matt Winters/EO media Group Inca engineers displayed a playful sense of water management, turning rain-drainage channels below Machu Picchu into a form of abstract art. Matt Winters/EO media Group A khipu, or Inca string book, is displayed in the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History in Lima, Peru. For many decades, there was little hope that the information captured in these objects would ever be understood, but there has been a recent break in the case and decoding them is becoming more likely. release iQ &aliIorQia aQd Ari]oQa outh AmeriFa Fame to miQd reFeQtl\ as Qews emerJed oI a remarkaEle disFover\ iQ 3eru¶s deso late /uQahuaQa 9alle\, a plaFe I drove throuJh maQ\ \ears aJo ThaQks to dr\ FoQditioQs, do]eQs oI IQFa khi pus — striQJ Eooks or ³talkiQJ kQots´ — have EeeQ reFovered, some still iQ FoQte[t with the stored Ioods the\ were used to FouQt aQd reFord .hipus are thouJhtprovokiQJ The\ preserve lost details aEout the miJht\ IQFa empire EeIore it was destro\ed E\ SpaQish FoQTuista dor )raQFisFo 3i]arro aQd others 5emaiQs purported to Ee 3i]arro¶s sit like a FarQival sideshow attraFtioQ iQ a thorouJhl\ uQloved displa\ Fase iQ the QatioQal Fathedral The SpaQ ish EurQed all Eut aEout surviv iQJ khipus aQd did Qot reFord how to read them, so the\ are like aQFieQt (J\ptiaQ hieroJl\phs were EeIore the 5osetta StoQe allowed traQslatioQ )or aQ\ lover oI laQJuaJe aQd IaFts, the iQaEilit\ to uQderstaQd khipus is deepl\ IrustratiQJ ThouJh larJel\ reJarded as aQ aFFouQtiQJ tool, some khipus have a %\]aQtiQe Fomple[it\ aQd ma\ eQFode more sophistiFated t\pes oI FommuQiFatioQ There is a ³depth oI iQIormatioQ FoQ taiQed iQ QoQQumeriF, struF S thouJh the FoQservatioQ Jroup Ore JoQ :ild does dediFate a :eE paJe to the FoQFept The OreJoQ =oo sa\s FoQdor restoratioQ ³will reTuire us to thiQk iQ terms oI the restoratioQ oI whole eFos\stems, iQFludiQJ health\ salmoQ ruQs, viaEle mammal popula tioQs, aQd eveQ the vitalit\ oI our owQ Fultures aQd aEilit\ to Foe[ist with aQd reJeQerate Qatural s\stems´ There is sFaQt FhaQFe oI this %ut the ]oo deserves Fredit as oQe oI Iour IaFili ties that has FaptiveEred FoQdors Ior There is little chance condors will again fl y in Oregon or Washington. tural elemeQts oI khipu,´ aFFordiQJ to researFher Gar\ 8rtoQ See www tiQ\urlFom.hipu'ataEase This Qew ¿ Qd oI khipus miJht Must Ee the ke\ to eveQtuall\ uQloFkiQJ their m\steries A EreathtakiQJ oQe is oQ displa\ iQ the NatioQal 0useum oI ArFhaeoloJ\, AQthropoloJ\ aQd His tor\ oQ aQ oEsFure street iQ /ima It Jlows with poteQtial )or deFades, I¶ve huQJered to kQow what it sa\s ima is oQe oI m\ least Iavorite metropolises — or millioQ people, most aEMeFtl\ poor :heQ Iel low AmeriFaQs Ead mouth our FouQ tr\, I wish I Fould plop them dowQ oQ the edJe oI /ima Ior a Iew da\s A ta[i trip Irom a QatioQ¶s maiQ air port to the heart oI its Fapital used to iQvolve driviQJ arouQd tire ¿ res aQd Qarrowl\ avoidiQJ FollisioQs at iQter seFtioQs EeFause QoEod\ oEe\s stop liJhts AIter suFh e[perieQFe, \ou kQow \ou¶re awIull\ luFk\ to live where we do iQstead oI iQ 3eru — or aQ\ QumEer oI similar plaFes %ut /ima¶s Flose to uQavoidaEle iI \ou¶re JoiQJ to speQd muFh time oQ the FoQtiQeQt¶s west side — usuall\ a prereTuisite to visitiQJ the IQFa Fapital oI &u]Fo, Irom whiFh a traiQ delivers visitors to 0aFhu 3iFFhu These are plaFes that make the uJl\ sloJ throuJh /ima worthwhile 9isits to the Ioremost IQFa sites are L liIe FhaQJiQJ The\ were Erutal FoQ Tuerors oI other Qative peoples, Eut their Freativit\ was woQdrous IQ seldomseeQ terraFes Eelow 0aFhu 3iFFhu, Ior e[ample, there¶s a pla\Iul seQse oI water maQaJe meQt I¶d love to see emulated here iQ our similarl\ wet reJioQ :ater is led throuJh FhaQQels preFisioQFarved iQ the Qatural roFk A huJe Eoulder Qear &u]Fo has similar Ieatures, suppos edl\ to draiQ awa\ saFri¿ Fial Elood — thouJh I hope that¶s Must a stor\ told Ior tourists 3reserviQJ or losiQJ memories, haQdliQJ eveQ muQdaQe Fhores like stormwater draiQaJe with eleJaQFe, avoidiQJ EeiQJ FoQTuered, EeiQJ seri ous aEout urEaQ plaQQiQJ aQd pop ulatioQ FoQtrol, FoQserviQJ wild liIe — these all are lessoQs we ouJht to aEsorE Irom the IQFa aQd their desFeQdaQts —M.S.W. Matt Winters is editor and pub- lisher of the Chinook Observer and Coast River Business Journal. Matt Winters/EO media Group The largely intact Inca palace Machu Picchu is a place of enduring interest for tourists and archaeologists, but the Andes are generously sprinkled with other compelling prehis- toric sites that receive a small fraction of the attention lavished on Peru’s star attraction. Magic sells for Trump, Sanders campaigns By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Washington Post Writers Group W ASHINGTON — The New Hampshire results haYe sRliGi¿ eG the reiJQiQJ Fli Fhe that the FampaiJQ is aQ aQtiestaElishmeQt reYRlt RI ERth the leIt aQG the riJht /arJel\ overlooked, however, is the role pla\ed iQ settiQJ the QatioQal mood E\ the seveQ\ear leJaF\ oI the OEama presideQF\ <es, \ou hear FoQstaQt deQuQFia tioQs oI iQstitutioQs, parties, leaders, doQors, loEE\ists, iQÀ ueQFe peddlers %ut the startiQJ poiQt oI the Eiparti saQ FritiTue is the soFial, eFoQomiF aQd JeopolitiFal wreFkaJe all arouQd us %erQie SaQders is FareIul Qever to Elame OEama direFtl\, Eut his desFrip tioQ oI the AmeriFa OEama leaves EehiQd is devastatiQJ — a wastelaQd oI staJQaQt waJes, risiQJ iQeTualit\, a siQkiQJ middle Flass, \ouQJ peo ple Frushed E\ deEt, the Take SaQders¶ New AmeriFaQ 'ream d\iQJ Hampshire viFtor\ speeFh Take awa\ the %rookl\Q It promised the mooQ Fol aFFeQt aQd the /arr\ 'avid leJe eduFatioQ, Iree uQiver maQQerisms aQd \ou would sal health Fare, Iree world have thouJht \ou were listeQ peaFe, also Iree EeFause we iQJ to a 5epuEliFaQ FaQdidate woQ¶t Ee ³the poliFemaQ oI AIter all, who¶s EeeQ iQ FharJe the world´ m\thiFal SuQQi Ior the last seveQ \ears" armies will presumaEl\ Ee 'oQald Trump is eveQ doiQJ that Ior us 3lus a more FolorIul iQ desFriE JuaraQteed miQimum Charles iQJ the FurreQt ³mess´ aQd waJe All to Ee aFhieved E\ Krauthammer more direFt iQ attriEutiQJ it ta[iQJ the riFh :ho FaQ Ee to the FouQtr\¶s leadership — most puQ aJaiQst a ³speFulatioQ´ ta[ whatever JeQtl\, its stupidit\ aQd iQFompeteQFe that meaQs" %oth FaQdidates are Qot Must aQtiestaE So with Trump /eave it to him -oEs lishmeQt Eut aQtistatus Tuo The revolt will À ow EaFk iQ a rush Irom &hiQa, Irom is as muFh aEout the OEama leJaF\ as it -apaQ, Irom 0e[iFo, Irom ever\where is aEout iQstitutioQs 8Qiversal health Fare, with OEamaFare /ook at New Hampshire Hillar\ replaFed E\ ³somethiQJ terri¿ F´ 9eter &liQtoQ had made a strateJiF deFisioQ, as aQs ¿ Qall\ takeQ Fare oI 'ruJs stopped hiJhliJhted iQ the deEates, to wrap her Fold at the Eorder IQdeed, aQ eQd to druJ selI iQ the maQtle oI the OEama pres addiFtioQ itselI 9iFtor\ upoQ viFtor\ oI ideQF\ %iJ mistake She lost New ever\ kiQd Hampshire E\ three touFhdowQs How" That TuestioQ Qever Fomes %e\oQd railiQJ aJaiQst the wreFkaJe, up aQ\more No oQe e[peFts aQ aQswer the other FommoQalit\ EetweeQ the two His will Ee doQe, oQ earth iI Qot \et iQ EiJ New Hampshire wiQQers is iQ the heaveQ <es, people love Trump¶s FoQ Qature oI the Fure the\ oIIer /et the oth tempt Ior the ³estaElishmeQt´ — whiFh ers propose FareIull\ EudJeted ¿ vepoiQt as Iar as I FaQ tell meaQs aQ\thiQJ Qot plaQs SaQders aQd Trump oIIer maJiF Trump — Eut what is trul\ thrilliQJ is the promise oI a QearEiEliFal restoratioQ As ArJeQtiQa had a per Fapita iQFome Iull\ paiQless as SaQders¶ perFeQt oI ours AIter a th FeQtur\ IQ truth, Trump aQd SaQders are soar wallowiQJ iQ 3eroQism aQd its imitators, iQJ Qot Must E\ deI\iQJ the estaElishmeQt, ArJeQtiQa is a Easket Fase, its per Fapita Eut E\ deI\iQJ loJiF aQd histor\ SaQd iQFome Qow perFeQt oI ours There FertaiQl\ is a Frisis oI FoQ¿ ers¶ maJiF potioQ is soFialism Trump¶s deQFe iQ the FouQtr\¶s iQstitutioQs %ut is Trump that¶s hardl\ Qew The Fur The \ouQJ 'emoFrats reQt ruQ oI eQdemiF dis swooQiQJ Ior SaQders appear uQIamiliar with soFialism¶s Anyone trust EeJaQ with 9ietQam aQd :aterJate <et Qot iQ FeQtur\loQJ Fareer, a dis who our liIetimes have the leIt mal tale oI ruiQatioQ Irom aQd riJht populism oI the 5ussia to &uEa to 9eQe]uela thinks SaQders aQd Trump vari IQdeed, are the\ eveQ aware et\ eQMo\ed suFh massive that &hiQa¶s Jreatest reduF things support tioQ iQ povert\ iQ humaQ his The added IaFtor is the tor\ Forrelates preFisel\ with can’t OEama eIIeFt, the depressed the deJree to whiFh it has get any aQd aQ[ious mood oI a QatioQ given up soFialism" its worst eFo Trump¶s maJiF is touJh worse e[perieQFiQJ QomiF reFover\ siQFe :orld Qess — touJhQess iQ a world II aQd watFhiQJ its oI losers The power aQd will knows :ar power aQd iQÀ ueQFe aEroad oI the Faudillo will make ever\thiQJ riJht nothing. deFliQe amid a willed JloEal retreat Apart Irom the IaFt that The result is a politiFs oI hiJh IaQtas\ stroQJmaQ rule FoQtradiFts the AmeriFaQ FoQstitutioQal traditioQ oI limited aQd ThiQJs FaQ¶t Jet aQ\ worse, we hear, so FoQstraiQed JoverQmeQt, Faudillo popu wh\ Qot shake thiQJs up to their IouQ lism simpl\ doesQ¶t work It aFFouQts iQ datioQ" AQ\oQe who thiQks thiQJs FaQ¶t a larJe part Ior the relative EaFkwardQess Jet aQ\ worse kQows QothiQJ AQd risks oI AIriFa aQd /atiQ AmeriFa IQ , ever\thiQJ STEPHEN A. 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