ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ______________________________________ Editorial ______________________ Editorial: In a scientific dispute over Roundup, Monsanto gets a boost By the Editorial Board June 24, 2017 In March 2015, as Monsanto Co. was enduring a 12-month, 28 percent slide in its stock price, an agency of the World Health Organization announced that glyphosate, an herbicide developed by … Continue reading
War on Weeds Will Carpenter has been waging a war on weeds all of his life. He grew up as the son of the District Agent for the Northwest Mississippi Extension Service, so farming principles were a part of his life early on. As a young man in the Delta, he worked during the summers … Continue reading
Well, I had a knee-replacement last week, so I’m just about ready to start running marathons again!!! Okay, maybe I never ran marathons, but I can finally at least walk to the car without being in excruciating pain! And, soon, I’ll be able to almost out walk Hellen when she’s chasing me! Everyone … Continue reading
My close friend Tom Lawrence passed away on March 22, 2017. Tom was a Mississippi State University alumnus, and an avid Bulldog fan. It seemed only appropriate to me that a scholarship in his name be established at the university he loved so much. To honor Tom and to acknowledge his alma mater, memorial gifts … Continue reading
Will Dockery Carpenter Named a Lifetime Achiever by Marquis Who’s Who Dr. Carpenter has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the chemical industry CHESTERFIELD, MO, March 27, 2017, Will Dockery Carpenter is a celebrated Marquis Who’s Who biographee. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected … Continue reading
Fox Business Channel Discusses Dr. James Naismith! Monday, January 30, 2017, at 8:00 p.m., the Fox Business Channel will talk to Jim Naismith, grandson of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Jim Naismith inherited the original rules of the game from his father—Dr. Naismith’s son—who had received the rules around 1929 from Hellen Dodd … Continue reading
Annual Open Letter to the People of Purdue from Mitch Daniels January 9, 2017 I enjoyed the great good fortune of knowing Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, pioneer aviator and war hero, during the last few years of his life. The general is best remembered for conceiving and pulling off the impossibly audacious air raid of Tokyo … Continue reading
We wish you all the Happiest and Healthiest New Year and a Very Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays From Hellen and Will Continue reading
It’s no secret to anyone who has previously visited this website that my wife, Hellen Dodd Carpenter, is the Granddaughter of the man who invented the game of basketball. Yes, it’s true; Dr. James Naismith invented the sport as a physical activity that his students at Springfield College in Massachusetts could participate in during the … Continue reading
A LOOK INTO OUR FOOD FUTURE WILL D. CARPENTER A poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson over a hundred years ago contains these lines: “For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.” While Lord Tennyson’s prediction of a … Continue reading
