Budget Crises All Around

Montana’s budget crisis is $437 million. California’s is $20 billion. The U.S.’s is $1.4 trillion, at least for one year. Montana’s population is 974,000. California’s is 37 million. The U.S.’s is 307 million. The per capita crisis is $448 in Montana, $540 in California, and $3,783 in the U.S. California hogs the headlines. It’s not [...]

COEXIST, Indeed.

I’m a candidate. I’m a Republican. I knock on doors. Most people are cordial, even liberal Democrats. But the harshest treatment I received this week was from a guy who had a COEXIST bumper sticker. (Full text of someone else’s blog post on this subject is below.) Other absurdities from the week’s trampings: One liberal [...]