Mises Daily
Author:
David N. Laband
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Last summer, lightning struck and killed an enormous pine tree on one side of my backyard. At about the same time, voracious pine-bark beetles girdled and killed an equally impressive pine tree on the other side. Now bereft of needles, these two arboreal giants pose a potential threat to my house, should they fall at just the right angle. In the