A few thoughts… On abortion and sex education
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist In John Prine’s song, “Way Back Then,” he sings, “I am out undoing all the good I’ve done.” That could be a theme for the past few years in...
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A few thoughts … On spring and winter
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Spring managed to surprise me this year. Again. I walked to the river and discovered fresh-grown catkins hanging from an errant Sitka alder that has taken root in the...
A few thoughts … On Vladimir Putin and Ukraine
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist “There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success.” —Winston Churchill In 2001, I had...
A few thoughts … On winter and our fellow travelers
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist A bobcat is traveling around the homestead these days, teaching snowshoe hares and ruffed grouse to pay attention, a good and proper thing for a bobcat to do. I...
A few thoughts: On Something and SDRs
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist At Oakland Airport, I await a flight to Spokane, the last leg home from Seattle. It’s a roundabout way to get there, but it fits the day, which has...
A few thoughts … on the meaning of Christmas
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist As I’ve grown older, the glistening promise of the winter holiday has become a little tarnished. That’s not to say I haven’t had wonderful Christmases, because I have, but there...
A few thoughts on COVID-19, masks and manliness
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist As we approach our national Election Day, polls report that Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 35 points among women, but only by two points among men. The good...
A few thoughts… on pure B***S***
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist The weather has been unseasonably warm, if you haven’t noticed, and I’ve whiled away a few days getting reacquainted with the prairies and island ranges of central Montana. Day...
A few thoughts on rights and responsibilities
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Recently, I witnessed a BMW fast little car and a burly Chevy pickup try to occupy the same lane space at the same time. The person in the BMW...
A few thoughts on liberty and justice for all
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Bill Hodge, Rob Mason and I are rolling slowly down Bloody Dick Creek Road in the Beaverhead National Forest toward a tour of Big Sheep Creek National Backcountry Byway....
