As noted in the April 24, 2019 Earth Day insight we are presenting the Acton Line podcast: Green New Deal fantasies. Please click the link below if you are interested. https://blog.acton.org/archives/108133-acton-line-podcast-green-new-deal-fantasies-defending-andrew-jackson.html
Read MoreBountiful Success after the first Earth Day I’m indeed happy we are all still here and thriving despite the Earth Day predictions of 1970. (For amusement, please see the predictions below. *) Most of us relish the fruits of responsible liberty and live in sustainable ecological systems. We concurrently enjoy (at least) modest prosperity. According […]
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Responsible Liberty, Sustainable Ecology and Modest Prosperity provide the context for wholesome lives. Within this trinity communities flourish. Eliminate any one and life becomes problematic. These were the themes of my talk at Professor Jerry Johnson’s Environmental Policy class at MSU last Monday. Of the three elements of this trinity, modest prosperity is oft underrated. […]
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Culture and Community Human culture involves a set of beliefs and expectations informally transmitted across generations. Some of these become traditions that help define a community. Here is one to celebrate, visiting and bringing food and treats to “shut-ins”. This term refers to people house bound by illness or injury. Ramona is now in […]
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Further Thoughts on Green Energy My calendar tells me last Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, I was to be at Loyola University Law School in New Orleans giving a talk on energy, environmental quality, and global warming. Alas, due to subzero weather and blowing snow we missed our flight by a few minutes. My theme was energy […]
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Good News! Health is Contagious You may know someone who can eat as much as he wants of anything he wants and never gain weight. However, to stay at a healthy weight most people past their teen years must constantly guard against such calorie packed temptations as prime rib, French fries, and pecan pie. […]
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The World is Getting Better We are blessed to begin the new year with excellent news: “In material ways the world is rapidly getting better.” The late Swedish physician, Dr. Hans Rosling thoroughly documented this progress in his 2018 book, Factfulness: …Why Things Are Better than You think. Greg Ip updated this theme in […]
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Thanksgiving Insight, 2018 Liberty, Ecology, Prosperity: America’s Great Blessings Thanksgiving is the day we celebrate the great bounty enjoyed by most Americans.* Good friends and warm relations with relatives are key ingredients to wholesome lives. Living in a pleasing environment is a huge bonus. The ideal Thanksgiving features conversations with loving people over a […]
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Helping Hunters Succeed: An Experiment in Economic Anthropology I can tell when hunting season approaches—and not only by seeing leaves changing color and hearing elk bugling while I’m in the quiet of our hot tub. How? I get phone calls and visits from ‘friends” I’ve not heard from since last hunting season. “Hey John, can […]
Read MoreGallatin History Museum I encourage people interested in Bozeman, the Gallatin Valley, and Greater Yellowstone to visit and join the Gallatin History Museum. Founded in 1977, the Museum moved into the 1911 county jail building in 1979.” Its mission is : “To preserve, promote and foster the history of Gallatin County and Southwest Montana….it offers a […]
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