A word to the wise

Robert Minch, a crotchety ol' real estate broker from Red Bluff, Calif., who briefly wrote a column for my Sunday supplement when I held down the Redding Record Searchlight's bureau there, later reclaimed his familiar Friday spot on the Red Bluff Daily News' editorial page.

You might get a kick out of some words of advice he passes along to his readers today:

If you are so inclined to donate to the Humane Society of the United States, be advised that this organization does not own, operate, or directly control a single animal shelter in our country, despite a budget of over $100 million! Tsk, tsk.