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...your typical mountain outpost. Designers Jean-Michel Gathy and Kelly Wearstler have devised cheeky takes on classic ski-lodge motifs, from the 14-ft. silver and steel elk antlers in the spa to the slope-side Nest café that serves matzo-ball soup in Chinese take-out containers. Instead of rooms, there are 173 residences, from studios to four-bedroom spreads, all equipped with kitchens and gas fireplaces. Toddlers get their own amenity: a tepee full of toys...
That's not because hunter-gatherers don't pass on wealth to their children. They do. Parents who know where to dig for the most nutritious tubers or how best to hunt elk will pass along that knowledge-based wealth to their kids. The difference is, that advantage is harder to monopolize than, say, a tract of land that comes with a deed. (See the best social-networking applications...
...luxurious log-cabin-like rooms with stone fireplaces and views of the Teton Mountains. Right now, the resort is offering a Summer Adventure package, which includes a guided horseback ride, a whitewater-rafting trip, a dawn or dusk wildlife safari (on which you may spot antelope, mule deer, elk, bison, coyotes or wolves) and two massages. Package rates for five nights start at $1,218 per person, based on double occupancy, including breakfast. Book by July 1, for travel through Sept...
...there are no cutoffs for the cost of surgery, hospitalization or other care. Prescription drugs are covered. And premiums are lower than those of for-profit plans. If Barack Obama's health-coverage plan is modeled on one like mine, then everybody can win. Phil Bond, ELK GROVE, CALIF...
...grandchildren and what kind of lives they want to have. And frankly, I'm just enthralled by pristine nature. When I'm in Montana on my ranch or down in Yellowstone and looking at the crest of a hill and a strand of trees or a herd of elk, it's just thrilling...