The Saga of Gary the Chicken

I had forgotten my own rule: When it comes to the neighbors, don’t get involved.

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The Romance of Extremism: Part Three

Borrowed Times published news that the state’s boring and timid dailies wouldn’t touch. Or knew nothing about.

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The Romance of Extremism: Part Two

Three credits short of graduating, I got drafted, then saved from conscription by executive order. I celebrated by dropping out of college to start an underground newspaper.

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The Romance of Extremism: Part One

I was attracted to the beliefs of Barry Goldwater, then Karl Marx and finally, James Lovelock, mostly because their radical ideas seemed way more fun than all the others.

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Adventures in Book Collecting

Inspired by an iconic L.A. bookstore, I discovered a dark gem hiding on my own shelves.

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Being There First:
Accidents of history have placed us in the elite ranks of Montana’s most venerable white families. By Bill Vaughn

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The Joy of Painting

After Phillip cheated on her with his dental hygienist, Darby evicted the divinity students renting her dead parents’ house and moved back home.

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Read about trees that pollute at Squalor Zone Reports on substack. By Bill Vaughn, author of Hawthorn and The Plot Against Native America.

Once upon a time a state regulatory agency actually regulated a utility.

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