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Some things we're reading about this week

This spring—although it feels like it was years ago—while I was driving my 1989 Nissan Sentra through Montrose, in Western Colorado, during the late afternoon rush hour, I espied a pickup truck merging into the long line of traffic. If you know Montrose, you know that this truck was one of dozens on that stretch of road—Chevies, Fords, GMCs, and maybe e…