Trego's Mountain Ear

Since the county election administrator informed us that she considers the matter “closed”, the question becomes who is the next level up the bureaucratic ladder. Greetings Secretary of State Jacobsen; I believe (strongly) that I have found a single word in the Montana Election Judge Handbook 2020 that allows appointed local election administrators to ignore Read more

With the current price of 32 ACP, I decided it was time to change my Heckler & Koch back to 22 rimfire.  I got it when I taught at Trinidad State, and liked the idea of being able to use the HK-4 in 22 (spare magazines were cheap in 32, but have always been a Read more

At the start of August, we’ve found ourselves writing about Fiber Fest, Knapweed, the Definition of a Farm, Wildfire Resources and more. Read more

Before I retired, I had to sit through an “Active Shooter Training.”  The most memorable moment was when the instructor commented “Some of you may have a pocket knife” every grad student looked at me, so I passed it to the instructor as he explained “stab, don’t slash.”  I didn’t have this sort of data Read more

Renata saw that one of our spruce trees by the pond has a budworm infection.  It’s common.  I can’t think of a year that one logger or another didn’t stop by the store to visit Dad, and share the arcane knowledge “Mac, you’ve got spruce budworms in your trees.  Need to log ‘em.”  Dad’s reply Read more

“Among philosophers, Karl Popper (1902-1994) is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and epistemology. Most of his published work addressed philosophical problems in the natural sciences, especially physics; and Popper himself acknowledged that his primary interest was nature and not politics. However, his political thought has arguably had as great an Read more