Douglas G. Pearce

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  Libertarians, populists and procrastinators

  Countryside Digest, Departments, The Current Issue

  March 22, 2012

  Hot rocks, put it off, a passing thought, war flags and Holy typo! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

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  Motor cars, canines and capitalism

  Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Winter 2011

  November 21, 2011

  In a move reminiscent of the infamous family-planning measures introduced in 1976, residents of Shanghai are only allowed one dog per household.

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  Peacocks, oysters and rubber ducks

  Autumn 2011, Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments

  September 9, 2011

  History traditionally has ranked alchemists with counterfeit artists, huckster quacks, snake oil salesmen, and witches. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

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  Washing, wages, wax and worms

  Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Summer 2011

  June 16, 2011

  A review of recent studies suggests many amoebae have sex! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

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  Cats, cannabis, kilts and kori bustards

  Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Spring 2011

  March 24, 2011

  Highland Security The fashion of wearing nothing beneath a kilt has been condemned by the Scottish Tartans Authority, which has called the practice “childish and unhygienic,” The Times of London reports. Brian Wilton, the director, said: “The idea that you are not a real Scot unless you are bare under your kilt should be thrown…

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  Snowflakes, sap and socialist plots

  Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Winter 2010

  November 20, 2010

  Snowflakes “Before Wilson Bentley discovered the joys of taking photographs down a microscope, few people considered the snowflake a thing of beauty. Last week, the Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, was selling 20 Bentley prints for $4,800 apiece.” “Bentley was a Vermont farmer and self-taught scientist who in 1880 received a microscope for his…

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  Spotty apples, sleepy bees and mad economists

  Autumn 2010, Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments

  September 13, 2010

  Spotty Apples, Sleepy Bees and Mad Economists. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

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  Fordlandia, Flying Machines and Formulas for Success

  Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Summer 2010

  June 15, 2010

  An American town in the Brazilian jungle, J. Paul Getty and Mark Twain. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

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  Beer, Beans, Banks and Brands

  Back Issues, Countryside Digest, Departments, Spring 2010

  March 21, 2010

  Beer diets, beans diets, Icelandic banks (on a crash diet?), pets, paws and small farm producers. Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.