Day: November 2, 2018

Hunting vs. Wanton Killing Someone sent me the touching story of a person killing a meadowlark and the sadness they felt afterwards. A common children’s song many years ago was entitled, “Don’t Shoot the Little Birds”. This is a subject I feel the need to address, as I spent a lifetime guiding hunters in Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado.  I’ve lived in Wyoming for 35 years, the past 7 ½ years in Jackson Hole.  I manage 256 acres which adjoins Grand Teton National Park. I, Jonesy, confess that in my youth and early years I was guilty of wantonly shooting the…

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Those words, “It’s the Economy, Stupid!”, gave President Bill Clinton a second term, even though his administration was plagued by scandals. Voters voted their pocket-books. Now we have a pivotal election next week. Here are the latest figures from the government’s October Jobs Report. Wages increased 3.1%. Americans have experienced the biggest increase in take-home pay since 2008. Not one single sector of the economy lost jobs. Unemployment is at 3.7% which is the lowest since 1967. Hispanic unemployment is at 4.4% which is the lowest ever–in history! The unemployment rate for African-Americans, 6.2 percent, is near the all-time low…

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