Roundup
1. Bill Croke coins a term I love: Boostocracy.
2. You have to applaud a freelance writer who lives in Manhattan and can sell an article to "American Cowboy." And one of the interesting things is that Terry Teachout doesn’t have to get tied up in whether such movies are "real."
3. The Billings Gazette has had a month-long-running feature trying to define where Eastern Montana starts. I find a parallel between this discussion and those of where "the West" starts: the closer you get, the tighter the definition. People in Boston might think Kansas or Missouri were the West, but people in Idaho aren't even sure about eastern Wyoming. Likewise people in eastern Montana are skeptical about central Montana.
But my favorite definition in the discussion comes from Wally McRae and Art Hayes:
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2. You have to applaud a freelance writer who lives in Manhattan and can sell an article to "American Cowboy." And one of the interesting things is that Terry Teachout doesn’t have to get tied up in whether such movies are "real."
3. The Billings Gazette has had a month-long-running feature trying to define where Eastern Montana starts. I find a parallel between this discussion and those of where "the West" starts: the closer you get, the tighter the definition. People in Boston might think Kansas or Missouri were the West, but people in Idaho aren't even sure about eastern Wyoming. Likewise people in eastern Montana are skeptical about central Montana.
But my favorite definition in the discussion comes from Wally McRae and Art Hayes:
Ask any politician what the potential of establishing a huge extractive resource development in the state represents. If it's a tragic environmental disaster, it's west of the line. If it's a wonderful economic and employment opportunity, it's in Eastern Montana.
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