Planet Fishing in Montana
2016-06-23 – I continued my Montana fishing lessons yesterday, this time from the middle of a small mountain lake, casting from a seated position in a one-man kayak. The lake […]
Deer Havoc in Montana
2016-06-21 – Yesterday we went to Glacier National Park. We got our lifetime senior passes in South Dakota on the way to Montana at the Badlands National Park. We paid […]
Can a Jew Catch a Fish?
2016-06-19 – “Look at that bird!” I said to Kit as we cruised Lake Koocanusa. A bird, probably an osprey, flew high in the sky. Suddenly it dropped, down, down, […]
A Border Wall in Negative Space
2016-06-16 – We went to the 49th parallel yesterday—Canada’s border wall with the United States. Canada was smart. They built their border wall long ago to keep out the Americans. […]
The U.S. Side of the Vacation
2016-06-14 – We are on vacation! We left the boys and the animals to mind the house and took off on a road trip. Yay! Only the second time since […]
Is America’s Election System Rigged?
2016-06-12 – Is America’s election system rigged? The short answer is yes. It’s probably not possible to have a rig-free system. But some systems do better than others. And some […]
Don’t Let Him Off the Hook, Put Him on a Different Hook!
2016-06-09 – I don’t think much about the (so-called) criminal justice system in this country. Policing is unaccountable and erratic. Folks who get arrested don’t really have an effective right […]
Make Sure You Boycott Oat Puffies!
2016-06-07 – So the clarion call has gone out in liberal circles: Boycott Home Depot! The current boycott from the left is due Home Depot’s founder Bernard Marcus’ decision to […]
Altruistic Punishment
2016-06-05 – A lot has been written about the efficacy of punishment in controlling objectionable behavior—without broad conclusions. Sometimes it’s effective. Sometimes it’s not. Folks who advocate for punishment in […]
City of Chicago Still Paying Hush Money to Keep Bad Cops in Business
2016-06-02 – A couple months ago we heard Dean Angelo, president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police, whine that efforts to break the force’s code of silence would hurt morale […]
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