Opinion
Property rights stop (and start) at the property line
We live in a time when nearly all of us feel over-regulated by some ‘higher’ authority when it ...
Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett
Making connections for the common good
Many years ago, when our son John was about 10 years old (he’s 43 now!), I went to ...
Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett
A sense of wonder
Many years ago I read Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, and then re-read a copy of the book ...
Opinion
We get what we give
At some time in our lives we have all experienced an “aha” moment, when a reality or truth ...
Opinion
You are here for a reason
I just finished reading a book named Hegemony or Survival, written nearly 20 years ago by Noam Chomsky. ...
Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett
Let’s keep it going in the right direction
Two weeks ago Allen and I went to a musical event at the Purple Onion. It had been ...
Columnists
Who owns America?
This is the last Corner that I will write based upon the ideas of agricultural professor John Ikerd’s ...
Columnists
Who owns America – What’s it worth?
Last month’s Corner was about sustainable land use, based upon economic principles. I must admit that economic theory ...
Columnists
Who owns America?
19 years ago, I went to a lecture in Asheville, along with folks from the Polk County Soil ...
Columnists
The legacy that we leave, or don’t leave
By Betsy Burdett Conservation Corner Sometimes I have a hard time deciding what to write for a conservation corner, and ...
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