What if the story is false? About coronavirus? Can you imagine being the first guy to say "the world is round?" Or that slavery is wrong? Or that there are beings smaller than we can see called germs, not ghosts? Or that hydrogenated vegetable oil is so bad nobody should ever have any of it, ever?

Folks, we're moving into some absurdities.  The biggest one was last week when Anthony Fauci, the apparent anointed czar of infectious disease and chief of policy regarding the coronavirus, said that we should stay in the present lockdown, no travel, non-essential business closing situation until not a single case of coronavirus exists.

The coronavirus has created some fascinating ironies, don't you think?  Here are some that come to mind…

I agree with the pundits that beg us all to pull together during this pandemic, to not finger point, Monday morning quarterback, and pull the shoulda, woulda, coulda. The recent Washington Post interview I did tried to pull me into that theme and refused to participate. We all can look back on shoulda, woulda, coulda.

With Virginia Governor Northam's lockdown extension to June 10, our state now receives the dubious distinction of having the longest planned shut down in the U.S. Who would assume we're not going to get ahead of the pandemic until June 10?

I got yet another email from a direct market farmer friend today who has struggled with sales for several years and suddenly can't keep up with demand. This is consistent throughout the U.S. and even Europe. They're going through the same thing.

Empty grocery store shelves have sent shock waves through the buying public. For folks who thought America could never run out of food, it's quite jarring. Our own multi-client food business helps explain the problem…

Calamity generally does not create new trends; it simply clarifies or accelerates current trajectories.  With that in mind, here are things we're seeing at Polyface that are interesting…

Wow, what a week. This fast-moving pandemic is yielding new information by the day. Here are highlights from what I've seen:

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were enacted December 15, 1791 as a precondition to procure several state signatures to the overall document.

The Musings of the Lunatic Farmer do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Polyface Farm; they are meant to stimulate unorthodox thinking especially in the arena of preserving liberty.

The "I Want the Coronavirus" post from March 16 has exposed some weaknesses both in me and in this blog and its expectations, so let me deal with things one point at a time.