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Saturday, July 23, 2016

This Corn Crap

By RON MALY

Corn has been growing in Iowa for hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of years.
 

I'm wondering why people are suddenly finding out that something called "corn sweat" is a factor in causing high summertime humidity in this and other states. 

All of a sudden, every newspaper in the country [and, I assume, every TV station and radio station , too] is putting out cutesy stories about corn causing high humidity. 

How come nobody knew about that 10 years ago, 50 years ago, 100 years ago or 500 years ago?  

Did it take some agronomist from Iowa State to finally tell reporters about corn sweat? 

What were those agronomists doing a century ago?

Oh, well, I guess it's a lot better than having to read about mass killings in Germany  and France.

By the way, I've put in a few phone calls on my cell phone to Indians I know so I can ask 'em if their ancestors knew about this corn sweat crap, and if they think it's true.

Friday, July 8, 2016

In the event Drake starts looking for a new men's basketball coach, Larry Brown is now available. The 75-year-old coach just resigned at SMU because decision-makers at the university wouldn't give him a long-term contract.

Larry Brown


Thud

By RON MALY

Well, it was fun while it lasted. 


The Chicago Cubs rolled to a 25-6 record early in this agonizingly-long baseball season, but now have come back to earth and have gone 27-27.


They have lost 13 of their last 18 games.  


For a while, they didn't lose to anybody. 


They whipped the bad teams, they whipped the good teams. 


Then they couldn't beat the good teams, but beat the bad teams. 


Now they can't beat the good teams and they can't beat the bad teams. 


Cincinnati and Atlanta, which probably should be playing in the Class A Midwest League have taken turns defeating the Cubs.


Forget those World Series dreams.


It's not going to happen.