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-Benjamin Franklin
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Election Administrator continues to stonewall
Greetings Paula: Two long weeks ago, I reminded you that you have not shared information I requested, specifically: “Please send me the names and numbers of all write-in votes on Lincoln County ballots, by party and position, as well as the date those write-in votes were counted, and the name or names of anyone who Read more
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Heinlein Almost Defined Irish Democracy
Robert Heinlein may have started the definition for Irish Democracy when he wrote “I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” (The Read more
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Politics is Location, not Local
Tip O’Neill may not have originated the phrase “All politics is local.” but he used it frequently enough that he is credited with it. Still, as we relearned in 2020, it might be better phrased “Politics, like real estate, is location, location, location.” This map showed up in The Hill in 2020 – showing the Read more
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The Pond is a Flight School
This is my seventh year watching Gander raise goslings. The first six years, it was Goose and Gander, but she was frail last year, and didn’t make it back. This year, it was Gander and Sweet Young Thing . . . plus four of his older descendants and their mates. In the past, Gander has Read more
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Complicating Inflation
Calculating inflation of the US dollar was fairly easy back in the old days – gold was somewhere on the order of $16 an ounce during the California Gold Rush and during our own Virginia City days. The real complication came in 1944, at a place called Bretton Woods, when the decision was made to Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 