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A comforting thought in time of turmoil

         Easter: An annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. – Dictionary.com A book red in color, with neither gold leaf nor leather binding,...

A blemish on a good session

     Politics: “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” President Franklin Roosevelt. Isn’t it amazing how well our “underpaid” lawmakers can perform? The 2018 session in Pierre is over, except for March 26 when...

Don’t you wish you were Irish?

     Irish saying: “There are only two kinds of people in the world. The Irish, and those who wish they were.” With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, it’s hard not to think of Marion Murphy. Marion ranched west of the Medicine Butte in Lyman County. His place was so remote...

Removing emotion from gun control

     Gun Control: “Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.”  Thomas Sowell, economist and philosopher Uncle Bob loved to hunt pheasants. Almost every fall he would drive 1,300 miles from Marietta, Ga., to...

So little time, so many choices

     Choice: “Americans have more choice than any group of people ever has before, and thus, presumably, more freedom and autonomy, (but) we don’t seem to be benefiting from it psychologically.” – “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz I thought I was getting less...