Grijalva for Interior Secretary Now that President-elect Barack Obama has put together his administration's economic, foreign-policy and national-security teams, the transition process comes to the interesting part. How about Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva as Secretary of the Interior? Grijalva is reportedly under serious consideration for the post that far more important than the attention usually accorded it by a neglectful media would suggest. As a westerner, he fits what would appear to be the first requirement: 15 of the past 16 Interior secretaries have come from the region where the federal government is a major land owner. But there is a lot more to Grijalva than his region. The five-term congressman currently chairs the House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. And he has been a genuine activist in that position, challenging giveaways to agribusiness and big ranchers who have taking advantage of ridiculously cheap grazing permits on federal lands in the west and exploring the role that oil and gas development on federal property has played in the decline of hunting habitats in the west. And when it comes to voting in the House, the congressman from the Tuscon area has been a steady defender of environmental interests -- his lifetime rating from the League of Conservation Voters is 95 percent positive....