Trego's Mountain Ear

The Longer Game – by Jeffrey Carter – Points And Figures simplifies our nation’s budgeting problem: “70% of the budget that is now $33 trillion in deficit is pre-planned mandatory spending that no one in Washington has the standing to stop. Like a kudzu plant, it grows every year and you can’t kill it. It’s Read more

That is to say, that on the 20th of April, our Governor signed into law HB 536. This law amends the rules for write-in elections by removing section seven of the law regarding the declaration of intent for write-in candidates. Section seven (of 13-10-211) is the last option to ensure a contested election, that is Read more

Elections don’t have to offer a choice between two crap sandwiches – but if you have voted for the lesser of two evils, you have voted in a crap sandwich election.  In 2016, I voted in a crap sandwich election – the Democrat candidate was Hillary Clinton, the Republican was Donald Trump, and the Libertarian Read more

I’m pretty sure I misspelled the word in my undergrad notes – but the notes are long gone, so I’m taking the definition from the net, not from Professor Carmichael: Miriam Webster says “völkerwanderungen -ŋən : the migration of nations especially : the movement into southern and western Europe of the Teutonic peoples, Huns, and Read more

As a western American, the guns I’ve seen and the people who introduced me to them incline me to think of John Moses Browning as the world’s greatest gun designer.  This poster is from an article at The Guns of John Moses Browning | Armory Blog that does a pretty good job of convincing me Read more

The phrase “permanent solution to temporary problems” reminded me of Canada’s government sanctioned solution. The Canadian government has sort of gone “all-in” with it’s assisted suicide program, termed MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) which has expanded in scope several times since it was initially passed in 2016. Initially, Maid was fairly limited. Patients had to Read more