I remember some of my first dolls: my home-made Cabbage Patch doll that grandma made, my Barbie with long blonde hair and a doll head that you could put makeup on and do her hair. I graduated up to store-bought Cabbage Patch dolls and Pound Puppies, got a pool for Barbie, and ended up cutting the hair on my doll …

Want to meet the new Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations? Yeah. Can’t say I’m really excited to but . . . His name is José Graziano da Silva and he’ll be holding a press conference which will be webcast tomorrow. The Brazilian agronomist and economist will discuss urgent food security issues and answer journalists’ …