Of all the hikes I have taken, this destination looks and feels most like it belongs in Arthurian myth. 

A bona fide Stetson hat, with fake dirt, $265 new. Flying into Jackson Hole airport (JAC) a week and a half ago, I rode a nearly empty jet w...

 I have long thought the true value of conservatism is it's cultural and philosophical component, as opposed to the various political mo...

First California wanted to force people to quit using gasoline to power their cars. Use the electric grid instead! Then it became apparent...

After a pleasant early dinner with Thos., I took my mother to the horse pull.  The winner, pulling 9,500 pounds for over eight feet, was a l...

Virginian Oliver Anthony came across my twitter feed today, and instantly I'm a fan.  Have a listen and maybe you'll be too. The son...

My mother favors the ease of a propane grill at her age, so it’s not the wood fire I usually grill over. The steaks are legit, though. I fou...

Giant Anheuser-Busch sells eight companies amid blue can beer struggles . Analysts suggest that there are long term problems across their b...

Richard Dawkins says it out loud .  It’s one thing to deplore eugenics on ideological, political, moral grounds. It’s quite another to concl...

This county fair doesn’t disappoint. What better entertainment on a Monday night in August than pig wrestling?

Our first, somewhat experimental dog adoption day went well yesterday, with over half the animals placed. The numbers, though small, were b...

Teton County is having its 100th anniversary fair this week. I dropped in for the afternoon.  The Grand Teton under a darkening sky. 

My niece Clio, in the midst of a story about kids who were mean: "But my mom always says, if somebody does something mean to you, do it...

Periodically I watch this classic skit. David Brooks is channeling the skit today in "What If We're the Bad Guys Here?" H...

Every day I have to ask myself whether there's a limit to how low this process can go. The new establishment spin on Hunter Biden is t...

From Maggie's Farm today: “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was...

For the next three weeks I will be visiting my mother, sister, and niece on the border of Wyoming and Idaho. It’s a very different land than...