Miscellaneous

We’ve likely all seen commercials on television asking for financial contributions to help feed hungry people around the world. The ads often show shirtless, malnourished children with protruding ribs and flies landing on their faces. The ads tug on the heartstrings and call on us to help those who are less fortunate. According to the United Nations Food Program, 870 million people worldwide are undernourished. One in eight fail to consume enough food to lead an active life....More

Author and humorist Mark Twain is given credit for the saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting.” It is unknown if Twain ever spoke those words. A bottle of whiskey makes for sipping. Water makes for a political and regulatory hot potato in the West....More

To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous quote upon reading his obituary; reports of my retirement are greatly exaggerated. However, they are not. This is not my “30” commentary. It will come later. I am sticking around for a few more months. Dec. 31, 2013, will be my last day as an editor of Western Farm Press....More