Introduction by John A. Baden This week’s FREE Insight features an essay by economist, Ray Rasker a principal in the Bozeman-based organization Headwaters Economics. Ray is an expert on the economy of the emerging West. His essay celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Wilderness Act of 1964. I wrote my comments to […]
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Introduction and commentary by John A. Baden Bozeman, the Gallatin Valley and the surrounding area offer many high quality jobs. Some involve analyzing, arranging, and moving material stuff. The stuff includes people and the furniture of the world. Others work with electrons and symbols. Most of those who create good new jobs are entrepreneurs. Artists […]
Read MoreTwo Seats at Public Lands Tables John Baden’s introduction to Scott McMillion and the Montana Quarterly The Montana Quarterly is high on my list of quality magazines. Its publisher, Scott McMillion, is an unambiguously good and talented guy who lives in the Paradise Valley, one drainage to the east of ours. Over the decades Scott […]
Read MoreTwo Kinds of “Climate Deniers” One of the most serious accusations “progressives” make against a person’s intelligence and character is labeling someone a “climate denier”. A “denier” is a person who rejects the media’s prevailing view on global warming and now, climate change. The tribe of deniers is insecure. It’s mainly comprised of “clingers”, those […]
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Culture, Community, and Civility: Code of the (New) West Living here is a great blessing for Ramona and me. We greatly appreciate the wonderful natural, cultural, and prosperous environment of the Gallatin Valley. Even these stellar qualities are sometimes trumped by seeing people care for one another. Our community has culture of civility and caring–even […]
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