Trego's Mountain Ear

The essential notion of a capitalist society … is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.-Milton Friedman It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their Read more

Sometimes the information that the Center for Disease Control holds is very easy to understand.  This is one of those times – if you can find and click on QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Homicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2021 | MMWR the first thing you Read more

My grandson – who is beginning to use words – distinctly said airplane.  Since we’d been baling hay, and were working with the tractor, I wondered at the word choice.  It turned out that his better hearing let him hear the airplane engine at least a minute before I could distinguish the sound. The toddler Read more

Back in the eighties, I wound up with a handful of Hakim rifles.  It was a great time for surplus – stuff that Israel had captured in the Six Days War had been stashed for 15 or 20 years and was being surplused.  So there I was with some rifles that had been dropped in Read more

It’s a busy weekend in Eureka, with the Quilt Show, Play, and Fiberfest to visit. This Friday (7pm), Saturday (7pm) and Sunday (3pm) folks can watch a comedy: “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church” performed by the Eureka Community Players at the Timbers Event Center. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 Read more

These days, you don’t have to go to Libby and check records for a title to find out who owns a piece of property. You can find out from home with a computer. Where do you look? Cadastral. When you see the word ‘Cadastral’, think surveying. Cadastral is an adjective (in english, that -al ending Read more