A few weeks ago, my friend Dr. Ralph Mirarchi, a wildlife biologist, told me about seeing green tumblebugs rolling balls of dung along the gravel...
Tumblebugs and horn fly control
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Column Articles
Buy a Dog?
Writing about dogs seems to be the thing these days, and who in the world am I to buck such a trend? First, it must be understood that, in The...
Drinking in the heart of Dixie
This is the third in a series of columns that trace the history of efforts to regulate the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages...
Inside the Statehouse
Last week we talked about how difficult it is to win passage of a legislative act. It does not matter if the proposed legislation is for apple pie...
Inside the Statehouse
For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. One of the areas that legislators have taken an ax...
Planting the seeds of life
Planting the seeds of life: Until two years ago, I ate very few vegetables, other than cucumbers, asparagus, and lima beans. Yes, I ate lima beans....
Leprosy and other zooneses
Zoonoses are diseases in animals transmissible to humans directly or indirectly, perhaps by infected ticks.. I have, in recent columns, mentioned...
Inside the Statehouse
At this time of year Washington, D.C. is a beautiful place to visit. The city is aglow with the blooming of the cherry blossom trees. The cherry...
Drinking in the heart of Dixie
This is the first in a series of columns that trace the history of efforts to regulate the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages...