Do We Deserve the Government We Get?

Do We Deserve the Government We Get?

  “People get the government they deserve.”  My colleagues and I, moving from country to country, repeated that accepted truth without question.  We said it again during every coup, in every civil war, on each occasion of insurgency and insurrection. I said it to my...
My Property or Yours:  Adverse Possession

My Property or Yours: Adverse Possession

Pat Stuart Newspaper Columns MY PROPERTY OR YOURS:  Adverse Possession Cody Enterprise, 12 May 2020 Hold onto your property rights, folks.  Here’s one thing I never expected to learn about a piece of land I owned, as they say, “free and clear.”  No one questioned...
There Ought to Be a Law

There Ought to Be a Law

Pat Stuart Newspaper Columns THERE OUGHTTA BE A LAW  Powell Tribune, 7 January 2020   “There oughtta be a law!”  You hear that often enough. But, wait! There is a law or ten or fifty or fifty million.   Last year our Republican-dominated Wyoming legislature gave...
Mind Bugs in the Equality State

Mind Bugs in the Equality State

Pat Stuart Books and Columns Mind Bugs in the Equality State Powell Tribune,  29 June 2019 We’re the “Equality State,” a name evoked often this year as we look back on 150 years of women having the vote. Me, I love the name, the concept of equality and the challenges...