By RICK BORCHELT “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Wherever he was when he wrote his famous poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” Clement Clarke Moore wasn’t in Maryland. Christmas...

By FRED SEITZ — p‘Twas a few days past Christmas and all through my house, several critters were stirring, especially house mouse (Mus musculus). My dog (Canis familiaris) was nestled and snug in...