The “Moment” section of TIME ? known for its attribution-free presentations of the magazine writers’ personal opinions about the news ? focuses this week (in a slightly different form here) on the future of the Endangered Species Act.

Rather than pining for the 1970s, “a golden age for U.S. environmentalists,” perhaps TIME should consider ideas that might actually help endangered species, such as those espoused by free-market environmentalists such as Rick Stroup.