Month: May 2008

Headed to Yellowstone for the week. Back Thursday!

Last Monday night (19 May 2008), I had the privilege of seeing Barack Obama in Bozeman. I’m lucky I got in–the free tickets disappeared almost instantly. The line for the 7:30 pm appearance started forming at 10:00 am the morning of, and wrapped around the block when I showed up at 5:30 pm. Oh, but […]

I’m not actually “having” coffee with Mr. Quammen (this year’s MSU Walt Stegner Chair) … but sitting in the same coffee shop, anyway. The Daily is the Montemartre of Bozeman…

Yesterday, I pledged the same oath that President Clinton once led some 15,000 Americorps members in reciting: I will get things done for America to make our people safer, smarter and healthier. I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities and environments. Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will […]

I’m sorry you’re reading this. But it’s just a list. A list. And for me, right now, this list is catharsis. So I’ll write and so you’ll read and so on and so forth. Friedrich Nietzsche and Lou Salomé. John Stuart Mill and Harriot Taylor. Jean-Paul Sartre and Simon de Beauvior. Hamlet and Ophelia. Francesca […]