Organic food requires more land and more manure. More cultivated land means more Co2, and so does more manure — it’s the cow-fart effect, you know. Thus Robert Wager, a technician at Malaspina University College in Nanaimo BC Canada, on TCS Daily. He concludes:
The public is calling for “greener” options in every industry. But when it comes to agricultural CO2 emissions, the “greener” option may not be what people think.
Where have all the certain kind of columnists gone from Sun-Times, where you go if you want to get with something? Tom Roeser is keeping track. He says Betsy Hart is gone, but she’s listed among the columnists on the site. But again, click on her and find — nothing, a blank white space where her columns would be listed. Hmm.
Mark Steyn is gone, but it was his idea, says new ed. page editor and former books editor Cheryl Reed if you ask her. Such a major contributor on Sundays, mightily featured, national in scope, a veritable heavyweight. He gone, as the Sox announcer says when another team strikes out, going with the black patois.
Mary Laney is gone, “apparently,” not having appeared since July 9 — with a much needed perspective, “Blame Islamofascists’ theology, not Western policies” — and also sporting lots of white space where previous columns should be.
Meanwhile, consider Carol Marin today in “Big Labor struts its stuff at debate,” in which she notes that presidential debates have become show places for sponsors’ clout. Quite a good column.
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