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-Benjamin Franklin
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October, And No Frost
When I moved to Trinidad, Colorado to begin teaching, I was surprised that the annual precipitation was about the same as it was in Trego. Trinidad was 6,000 feet elevation – downtown Trego is a little over 3,000. Trego is definitely timber – predominately Doug Fir, and in Trinidad you still have to go up Read more
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Reading an Actuary’s Substack
I ‘ve been a free subscriber to Mary Pat Campbell’s substack for a while now. She’s an actuary – which is a bit more specialized than a demographer. A demographer has to know 3 things – births, migration and death. An actuary has just one topic – death. Still, actuaries are very good at their Read more
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Feeling Politically Normal
I read a substack called “The Liberal Patriot.” It’s basically the writings of middle-of-the road Democrats – I can’t say that I fully agree with what is written there – but I’m within reach of some of the messages. This morning, in an article titled “The Independent Era Is Coming,” they included some polling results: Read more
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Fixing The Jennie May
A Montana ranchette needs about 30 horsepower of tractor. Now I have a soft spot for Massey Ferguson – and have a 59 hp model 40b – but Mrs. Ferguson doesn’t get through the trees well. Her job is to provide the weight and mobility for a small backhoe – and the loader does have Read more
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Seeing The Sights
Aging eyes create challenges for a guy who carries a short gun. The old match pistols still have usable sights, but are heavy and long. The old 1911 sights became hard to see because of cataracts – and after cataract surgery still2 are hard to use because I am now far sighted. I can focus Read more
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Studying Capitalism
Karl Marx spent about six weeks writing the Communist Manifesto, and his entire life writing Das Kapital, but we know him as the originator of Communism rather than a long-term student of capitalism. The possible relevance of Joseph Tainter – Niskanen Center interfaces some Marx-like observations of modern Capitalism (things that were not readily Read more
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