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The irrepressible nature of the sea has handed down seafaring lore, each one as curious as the next.Hank Snow, the classic country music star,...

There are far too many laws in our nation. Sometimes these laws are the result of sensible legislation born from public need. More often...

For the last 20 years or so, I have been aware that technology may be leaving my ability to grasp its full meaning behind....

If it happened to you, would you tell your classmates, decades after the fact, how a teacher made you wet your pants in the...

Each year, a few days after my birthday I undergo my annual physical, a procedure that produces the usual bit of apprehension.I’m always relieved...

We charge you, King George, with “a long train of abuses” designed to “establish an absolute tyranny over these states.” Our 1776 Declaration of...

Born out of tyranny my country and my flag is flown, respected and is often feared by those all around the globe who seek...

Was it coincidence or something more, I wondered, last weekend as I sorted through some of my father-in-law’s old pictures with two of his...

I joined my community’s Facebook group during this spring’s (failed) school bond issue campaign. I got what I expected – passion, distorted facts, backstabbing,...

John Patton and I have been friends for 60 years, a friendship fashioned through our mutual love of sports.We were teammates on the 1963...