We play a name-that-tune game in the car while listening to the radio. Whoever is first to blurt the title of a song and the name of the group or artist singing it wins. Last weekend I encountered a melody unfamiliar to me. When I fessed up to this, my husband said, “It’s a song from the ...
I went fishing the other day. After looking over the choice of lures in my tacklebox, I chose one that resembled a crayfish. It was a good choice. And the reason that it was a good choice is that crayfish are an important food source for a number of fish species including the one I was after ...
Q: What needs to be done to fix our nation’s immigration policies? A: By all accounts, the current immigration system is broken. The last major overhaul was adopted 32 years ago in 1986. Unfortunately, the Immigration Reform and Control Act did not live up to its promises. In exchange for ...
For the most part, my husband is a rational and logical human being. There is an orderly and predictable pattern to his days. He showers in the morning; brushes his teeth after meals. He rises early and goes to bed at a reasonable hour. He is a reasonable man - for the most part. On occasion, ...
Q: How has the U.S. patent system contributed to American prosperity? A: The genius of America’s system of free enterprise rewards risk-taking. The nation’s founders embraced the power of ingenuity, innovation, invention and investment to drive progress, opportunity and prosperity. The ...
Well, the wasps are flying around my garage door again building this year building nests. Normally, I work hard at eliminating any that take up residence so close to regularly used doors and windows in my home or shop. These are an exception because I find these ones fascinating and relatively ...
You forget how tiny they are. And helpless. So utterly, completely helpless. And exhausted. And hungry. And explosive. So literally explosive. Eat, poop, sleep, repeat. Cry, but not often if you are lucky. Babies - of the human variety. They are born helpless and remain dependent on parental ...
Are you committed? There is an old joke in which a chicken and a pig are talking and the chicken says, “Let’s start a restaurant.” The pig replies, “Good idea, but what should we call it?” “How about ‘Ham and Eggs’” says the chicken. “No thanks,” says the pig, “I’d be ...
Ps. 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. “Greetings, greetings, fellow stargazers!” This was how Jack Horkheimer always opened his show on public television. Like this column, Jack usually stuck to what you could see in the night sky with ...
Q: What’s on the table for renewing the next Farm Bill? A: The Agricultural Act of 2014, more commonly known as the Farm Bill, will expire on Sept. 30. The sweeping farm and food law typically is updated every five years. It sets the legal framework for administering a broad range of public ...