Trego's Mountain Ear

I went through the golden age of Hunter Safety – Danny On taught the wildlife section and Ed Ruhl taught firearms.  Danny On was a forester whose intense hobby was wildlife photography – Ed Ruhl was a retired Marine Warrant Officer who had specialized in firearms throughout his career.  Mr. Ruhl felt that the ultimate Read more

It’s just a matter of who we rent from. Some of us rent from landlords and some of us rent from the government. What is a property tax, except the rent you pay the government to live in your house? In fact, the only party that gets away without renting is the government. Property is Read more

At school board meetings, we’ve been talking about putting a special levy on the ballot this Spring.  My thoughts were that it would have two chances of passing – slim and none.  But I had forgotten – I live in Trego, and my neighbors are some outstanding people. It was Sunday morning – I had Read more

By definition, Irish Democracy doesn’t include organization.  It’s the casual, non-conspiratorial violation of unacceptable laws.  This last time around, looking at the election law, we found section 7 which allowed – some might say even encouraged – voters to write in a candidate when only a single party’s candidate was on the ballot. Instead of Read more

I’m looking at the Presidential Primary results from Nevada with envy: Here in Montana, we don’t have “None of These Candidates” as a ballot option – if our ballot offers only one candidate, we can’t even have a write-in vote counted against him (or her).   Both our local state senator and district representative voted to Read more

I’ve been rereading Terry Pratchett again. Feet of Clay is part of his series about the city watch. It has some fun recurring characters, but is thematically somewhat different than the book that came before it. It is a book about the nature of humanity disguised as a murder mystery in a fantasy setting. The Read more