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From First Things:
On the front page of the Wall Street Journal, an article about thefts of hay in Texas, in which we're told, "Searing summer temperatures and a lack of rain have turned pastures here brown and crunchy, depriving cattle of the green grass they usually live on this time of year. That has made hay, a particular kind of dried grass that is nutritious feed of livestock, a precious commodity."
Think about that for a moment. The Wall Street Journal now thinks it has to define for its readers what hay is, in case they don't know. Turns out to be a "particular kind of dried grass." Often used, as it happens, to feed cows (a particular kind of large domesticate animal) on ranches (a particular kind of property on which nutritious livestock is kept).
Time for some folks to take a trip to the heartland, or at least read Click, Clack, Moo or watch Babe or something.
