Closer look at Colorado and North Dakota
Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was one of my first heroes. Growing up in the rural Midwest, he was a man of my people. As a young conservative, he was the founding father of the Republican Party. As an American, he was the man my ancestors fought for—the man who saved the Union. Get the books, and read and study […]
Your bias for dealing with change
Speaking of Change… there are three schools of thought on handling this economic “sea of change”… The academic approach will struggle to apply logic to the circumstance and forecast the end (Confusionism). The creative and/or artistic approach seeks to make peace with the current situation, waiting patiently for resolution (Buddhism). Or finally, the pragmatist will […]
Tell us about your broadband access
Two broadband ISPs serve my home in a small town in Southwest Minnesota, Frontier Communications and Mediacom, apparently at Broadband Tier 2 with potential residential download speeds of 1.5 to 3 Mbps and uploads (1st Generation Data) at 200 kbps to 768 kbps . So says a new project here in Minnesota. Connect Minnesota, a non-profit subsidiary […]
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it’s not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work—work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. If we look […]
Census of Agriculture 2007
The 2007 Census of Agriculture was released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS). While I was at Kiwanis for lunch. So much for this afternoon’s productivity! “The number of farms in the United States has grown 4 percent and the operators of those farms have become more diverse in […]
It is WHO you know as much as WHAT you know
Vigilantes 1864
Cold cruel winds blow down intent upon the Bannack mining camp…
Kiwi Architecture
Shoutout on architect’s blog.
Durum Delivers
U.S. Durum Growers Assoc. held a You Tube Pasta Contest last October to celebrate and promote National Pasta Month. Winners were just announced, including 1st place to Sara Neubauer, Bottineau, ND, for “Durum Delivers” filmed at the Air Force Academy: Durum wheat flour is used to make pasta and bread. North Dakota has about 72% of all U.S. […]
