The Wall Street Journal had an interesting retrospective on the life story of the one the G.I. elite. Norman Borlaug—a Promethean provider of basic staples to the world.  And, along the way, a savior of the world… of course in a very material, not spiritual, way.  Not to be Jimmy Stewartish about it—but how much more miserable we would all be today if this generation had never been!

Read it here.