After the Frenzy
Yo, America, you’ve made your point. You’ve been heard loud and clear. You’re furious, fed up and misunderstood. And you’re not going to take it anymore. Got it. All of social media, most of mainstream...
View ArticleHappy to be in a Small Town
Every time I hear about another terrorist attack, I think, “Gosh, I’m so happy we live in a small town.” It’s not usually my first thought, but eventually it will occur to me. Since I’ve had about...
View ArticleTalking Politics
Two of our dearest friends visited us last week from Colorado. Like us, they’re both transplants from Washington, D.C., where they worked in politics. Dale worked for a well-known conservative...
View ArticleThanks Team USA!
Anyone who’s ever followed or participated in small town sports knows that rural and small town athletes often punch above their weight. So it’s no big surprise that rural and small communities are...
View ArticleIn the Meantime
If it bleeds it leads. #HappinessIsTrending. Dolly Parton is freaking awesome. Stay with me here, I’m going to pull these together. You’ve no doubt noticed that media reports pulsating with lurid tales...
View ArticleIt Can Always Get Worse
I have to get this off my chest … Donald Trump doesn’t give a hoot about us. He doesn’t care about veterans, blue-collar workers, women, or anyone beyond his family and his financiers. He’s not a...
View ArticleGoing to a Gunfight
As I write this, the first 2016 presidential debate has yet to happen. So I don’t have any idea how this upcoming so-called exchange of ideas might go. I suspect, though, it’s going to be a gunfight....
View ArticleHeadwinds in 2017
Let’s look ahead to 2017. After the dust from this election season clears and a new president is sworn in, what happens to rural and small town America? Clearly, in the past year there’s been a...
View ArticleA Birthday Gift from Glacier
Last week, on my birthday, we drove up Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Like so many of us in Montana, we’ve driven and bicycled that road plenty of times. It’s always gorgeous but this...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Revolution?
November’s been tough. Cloudy, our beloved 14-year-old cat, passed away. Donald Trump was elected President. (If you’ve been reading this column, you know of my misgivings about president-elect Trump’s...
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