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from Professional Stud: Memoir of a Cow Breeder

From Professional Stud: Memoir of a Cow Breeder                 Dave Williams’ (name changed) folksy southern Iowa drawl was trembling with excited emotion. “Today marks an historic day in the dairy industry as Monsanto and Genex Cooperative announce their new partnership for developing technology for sexed semen.” It was early afternoon in central New … Continue reading →

The National School Lunch Program is an Exercise in Child Abuse

The National School Lunch Program is an Exercise in Child Abuse                 We are a nation that makes a great pretense of caring deeply for our children. We are forever exhorting ourselves to “leave no child behind,” always gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands with worry for “the children.” But sometimes it … Continue reading →

What to Do About Obama excerpted from “The Current Situation and How to Respond”, an evolving literary and philosophical essay.       Hope has been a great catchword of these past anxious few months, and despite the gravity of our current situation, it does not seem entirely unreasonable to have some hope at this … Continue reading →

Why the Current Economic Situation is Probably Worse than You Think

Why the Current Economic Situation is Probably Worse than You Think excerpted from “The Current Situation and How to Respond,” an evolving literary and philosophical essay.   The current financial crisis was caused by the underhanded corruption and greed of the elite few. But truth demands we admit: It would not have been possible without … Continue reading →