Growing up in a fifth-generation farm family, 36-year-old Matt Ewing always knew his eventual career goal. A love of farming persisted even during the seven years he lived out of a suitcase on the pro golfing circuit. Golf was off-farm income, or an expense, depending on how his game was going. In the fall, when […]
Robert Heuer
Robert Heuer is a journalist who has written about agricultural finance and rural development issues since 1990. In 2000, he wrote "Heavy Toll," exposing the mechanics of corruption inside the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. He lives in Evanston.
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Lovable losers plan to go all the way
In Spanish, “umbilical cord” is cordon umbilico, or–as Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano told reporters–“almost the same thing.” The topic came up three weeks ago, after the 21-year-old Venezuelan went head-to-head with St. Louis Cardinals ace Mike Morris, losing 6-3 before a capacity crowd at Wrigley Field. Zambrano had spent the previous two nights at a […]
