BOZEMAN, Mont.–At the beginning of a century, it’s tempting to assess one’s place in the era just passed. For me and most Americans the evaluation is clear, compelling and unambiguous: We hold a winning lottery ticket. America is not utopia. No place ever is. However, we are fortunate to live in the most successful large […]

I recently returned from New York. At a dinner party I was introduced as a guy who lives on a ranch near Manhattan–Manhattan, Montana that is. Chuckling, a man to my left said, “Montana, I hear that’s a wild and woolly place. You must have a lot of car jackings”. “Car jackings?” “You know,” he […]

I have lectured at Hillsdale College, the once great conservative college success story. The school was a striking anomaly, a self proclaimed exemplar of traditional values and independence from government. Hillsdale refused to accept federal aid. Nearly bankrupt in the late 60s, in 1971 it hired a 35 year old president, historian George Roche III. […]