Be Thankful For Our Founders

Americans  have excellent reasons to celebrate Thanksgiving.  We live in the world’s most successful large scale experiment in harmonizing liberty, ecology and prosperity.  Our founders understood the power of voluntary cooperation among free men and the constant dangers of threats to liberty and political predation.   The founders were, however, captives of their context. Hence not all men were […]

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 Pollution, Wealth and the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Pollution, Wealth and the Environmental Kuznets Curve

I enjoy sharing environmental insights. Here is a one by Professor Don Boudreaux of George Mason University. He gave permission to post his Cafe Hayek (http://cafehayek.com/) as a FREE Insight. Its elegant simplicity surprised me. I’m embarrassed not to have thought of it years ago! Here is Don’s key insight. Pollution comes from two types of sources. […]

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Respecting the Significance of Veterans Day

Next Wednesday is Veteran’s Day. Jim Drummond, President  of our region’s Stockman Bank found his dad’s diary from WWII.  Jim wrote a moving commentary to accompany selected entries he shared with colleagues and friends.  Jim kindly agreed to let us post his introduction to the diary as a FREE Insight.   James Drummond, Jim’s father, was an […]

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