I joked a few months ago that the fastest way to deport illegal immigrant criminals is to, first, deport their lawyers.

Now, it seems a few judges could face deportation. It is understandable that liberal judges would go easy on certain immigrants who came here illegally, or overstayed their visas. There will always be honest debate and disagreements between liberals and conservatives. But when judges side with and protect convicted criminals, they have gone far beyond legal jurisprudence. (I think that’s a fancy word lawyers use.)

The “tariff war” with China is hurting our farmers. You may know that we grow a lot more corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton than we consume here. And China is shifting their purchases to buy more grain from Brazil and other countries to feed 1.4 billion people. You may be surprised to learn that we are now a “net importer” of food products. This is largely because of imports of fresh fruits and vegetables in winter, and products we can’t economically grow here, such as bananas and coffee.

I heard about a scientific report from a group that wants all of us to become vegans and only eat food grown on organic farms. We have over 8 billion people on Earth. A hundred years ago, when almost all food was grown organically (without chemical fertilizer or pesticides), the total population was 2 billion. Even with that global population, there were a lot of hungry people in the 1920s and 1930s. If all farm chemicals were banned worldwide, and there were no farm animals which provide milk, eggs and meat (and organic “fertilizer”), what would happen to the world population?

The world celebrated the life of Pope Francis yesterday. For the next week or two, Catholics will be focused on the Vatican, waiting to see who the Cardinals pick as the next Pope.

Historic quotes by Will Rogers:

“Of all the cockeyed things we got in this country at the present time, it’s some of our judges.” DT#1374, Dec. 18, 1930

“Wish all the Farmers would move to town one year; that’s the only way I know to clear the thing up.” WA #452, Aug. 23, 1931