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Norman Borlaug – Losing a Legend

By Troy Senik
Wednesday, September 16 2009

When 2009 rolls to a close about 100 days from now, we can expect the usual avalanche of encomiums for the recently departed. Such is our cultural substitution of notoriety for merit that Michael Jackson will surely top the list, with lesser tributes being paid to the likes of Ted Kennedy and Walter Cronkite. For those of us on the right, legends like Jack Kemp and Robert Novak will be mourned one last time. But who will laud the memory of Norman Borlaug – one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century?

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