WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING

In a move that could have dramatic repercussions in the future for factory farms and other habitual polluters, a federal judge in Owensboro, KY said that Arkansas-based Tyson Foods shares responsibility for air pollution from three factory-scale farms it helps to operate in Western Kentucky. Tyson wanted to keep reaping the profits from the farm while disavowing any connection to the pollution. A teaspoon of common sense that might - I said might - go a long way.