My next few columns explore the Bozeman area’s increasingly strong appeal to people with many options. This includes not only Bozeman proper but also the communities around it; Gallatin Gateway, Manhattan, Big Sky, and a few others. I’ve thought about and lived with this attractive puzzle for over four decades. With my best interest at […]
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Yellowstone Wolves in 2015 Tuesday morning a neighbor reported a wolf sighting just south of our home near the spring pasture where our steers graze. Our neighbor advised Ramona to carry a gun on her morning walks on ranch roads. At times she is more than a mile from our buildings and far out of […]
Read MoreYellowstone National Park and Change This and the following FREE Insights will deal with the changing environments effecting Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was created in 1872 as the world’s first national park. Many referred to it as “America’s Best Idea.” Ken Burns produced a 2009 PBS documentary series with that title. The goal for the […]
Read MoreYellowstone National Park and Change This and the two following FREE Insights will deal with the changing environments effecting Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was created in 1872 as the world’s first national park. Many referred to it as “America’s Best Idea.” Ken Burns produced a 2009 PBS documentary series with that title. The goal for […]
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This is Bozeman, a website to soon be launched, will feature FREE’s essays on Liberty, Ecology and Prosperity. The title of the series is Gateway to Wisdom. This is Bozeman EDITOR’S NOTE BY TODD WILKINSON: John Baden will be writing a weekly column to appear every Monday at This Is Bozeman. He will explore the […]
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I am an economic anthropologist by both inclination and training. Connections linking culture, economics, and politics seem obvious. And among sane people, coherence usually links these conceptually distinct arenas. Here is an example. When traveling I’ll usually visit a Cabela’s store if I happen across one. Their wildlife displays are remarkably well crafted. But that […]
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The last FREE Insights, January 15th, focused on community security. I noted the next few FREE Insights would explore another feature of our local culture, strong commitments to deliver necessities and services to the poor, unfortunate, and the needy. This is true but incomplete. The community also responds to victories and promising opportunities. Here is […]
Read MoreEarly in December I received an invitation to give a talk this summer in Aix en Provence, France. Ramona and I had often been to Aix but not for many years. We still have a 1985 Peugeot TD wagon she bought new at the Peugeot factory, drove around France, and had shipped home. Still in […]
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People observe their surroundings with an implicit model of how the world works. Very few however, even alert individuals, appreciate the scope of ecological entrepreneurship. It’s easy to understand those seeking profits: They produce a new product or service and sell it in the market. Motivating incentives are obvious. Nonprofit entrepreneurs are more illusive and […]
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Ramona and I are beginning the New Year with a new rule for household living. After nearly forty productive and satisfying years working together in universities, think tanks, and on our ranch, we thought we had incorporated life’s guidelines for living. However we missed an important one, a near fatal mistake. Successful couples develop implicit […]
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