[T-Bird45]

Borlaug's work debunked the Malthusians and population bomb criers of my generation-- the same sorry group of people who are the global warming profiteers of today.

An excellent point and a connection that few make. I am also of that generation and glad I outgrew my naivete in those matters. Kudos to you! I am also in admiration of your comparison of Teddy to a polyp.

[Vigilanteman]

Thank you. A great man like Norman Borlaug should generate hundreds of posts in tributes, if people only knew. Unfortunately, my guess is that it will not even break the 50 or so posts that the umpteenth thread on Teddy Kennedy generated.

I first learned about Norman Borlaug when I took an upper division agronomy class in college. His work ought to be taught to kids in elementary school.