He may have saved a billion people from starvation, but, if you asked a random sample of reasonably well educated Americans who Norman Borlaug was, they’d probably answer, “Norman who?”Here's the answer.
And here's a post from The Book Den back in September 2006 that will give you more.
And after reading these brief items, you're certainly going to wonder why you had never heard of Norm Borlaug -- and why Western media treats actors, guitar players and loopy politicians as heroes, instead of men and women who truly deserve the distinction.
