View from the North 40: Solid gold news no one can really use

Much to my surprise, a North 40 column from a few weeks ago created a confused hullabaloo among a few readers who were concerned that President Donald Trump actually might be, as I suggested, authorizing a wall of such grand proportions between the U.S. and Canada that the wall would be able to keep the cold northerly winds of Canada from crossing the border into the U.S.

Yes, I was writing about a weather-stopping wall.

Let me assure you, dear readers, that this notion is completely preposterous.

First of all, Trump is not interested in keeping winter weather in Canada. Trump has nothin...