I saw it in the newspaper
Asked once for the source of his best material, American humorist Will Rogers quickly replied that “Everything I know I get from the newspaper.”...
It may not be Paris, but it comes close
Journalism and jets have carried me to some of the world's great capitals. Most of those cities, like New Delhi, Paris, London, Prague, Mexico...
Confirmation Sunday: Starting down the path to heaven in front of a forsythia bush
We may have thought Confirmation Sunday as parole day from catechism purgatory but (as our gray-haired elders predicted back then) it would become the first step on a journey of deeper understanding and deeper commitment.
Cowboy checkoff fight grows: Ag groups blast NCBA effort
Of all the political hot rocks farm groups are juggling now in Washington, D.C. -- cap-and-trade, cuts in crop insurance, shrinking farm program budgets...
U.S. financial reform: We, like sheep, have been led astray
Not one new rule, not one new regulation and not one new knuckle-rapping regulator was created in 2009 to rein in the knuckle-draggers that traded an estimated $592 trillion, or 12 times the world's total economic output, in over-the-counter, in-the-dark derivatives last year.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day was a rare occurrence on Guebert farm
Sometime shortly after March 1, winter lost its frozen grip on my backyard and brown blotches of lifeless grass and small mats of soggy...
Let’s hope workshop on competition in agriculture produces results
Farm seed prices almost tripled in four years and, unlike other big input markets, now show no sign of backing -- or even letting -- up. Columnist Alan Guebert wades in to the ag competition fray.
Managing food supply past 2050
Type the phrase “farmers feeding world” into Google’s search engine and “about 15 million results” pop up in “0.12 seconds.” Some results may surprise...
Conversion can happen to anyone at any time; ask Judge Richard Posner
In the ever-expanding galaxy of American jurisprudence, few stars shine as brilliantly as Richard A. Posner, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Farmers should be honest, open about what they do
Talk is cheap but words have meaning.In a mid-January speech to the 400 or so farmers, vendors and state officials at the 10th annual...
