Commentary

It is May Day.  While I doubt we will see too many children dancing around May Poles with quarantines in effect, and for the most part, the tradition of dropping May Baskets at the doorsteps of neighbors and friends seems to be a forgotten (although not for my wife). Regardless,…

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It would appear that we here in Northern Illinois should be expecting to see an explosion of flowers in the next month as we have certainly finished out the month of April with an abundance of showers.  Needless to say, this has provided more than a few restless nights for…

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It would appear that the growing chorus of voices and a few well-placed ads over the weekend, concerning the disastrous situation in the livestock and livestock processing industry, grew loud enough to reach Washington. Yesterday President Trump issued an executive order via the Defense Production Act to mandate the plants…

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