Andy Vance

I’ve always been a fan (historically speaking, that is) of Harry S Truman. Perhaps I like him because he was a farm boy from Missouri who always kept that certain sensibility that comes from growing up with dirt on your hands and from raising livestock. Or perhaps I like him because of that “give ‘em [...]

I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds – achievements won by the present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former years. [...]

Here’s the good news: despite Mayan predictions to the contrary, the world will not end in 2012. Even more, the world is not going to end because Barack Obama won reelection, though for nearly half of the nation, it may feel that way. Along with the good news, however, there is some bad, and none [...]

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill Driving home from Indianapolis, I caught a rerun of Greta Van Susteren’s On The Record via FoxNews’ Sirius XM channel. The segment that caught my attention was a conversation between the host and former House Speaker Newt [...]

While I am not entirely surprised that The Columbus Dispatch endorsed Republican Mitt Romney for President – the paper has something of a reputation for having left-leaning reporting and right-tilting commentary – I am impressed with the quality of analysis in their endorsement. If there are any undecided voters left in the most critical battleground [...]