When in a difficult situation ("sticky wicket"), it's always best to plan ahead. My favorite graphic depiction of the planni...

Current media attention is focused on the war the United States started with Iraq a decade ago. I'm reading an interesting book I pick...

Last night's County Commissioner meeting dealt mostly with the County Planning Board's draft ordinance covering possible wind farms....

Mid August 1942, Guadalcanal. US Marines have a tentative toehold. August 17, Henderson Field, originally started by the Japanese but comple...

Someone once observed that history is wasted on the young. I was seventeen years old when I first learned something of the history of the ...

In matters of military intelligence, a common admonition is that evaluation should be based on capabilities rather than intentions. For exam...

Interesting and somewhat disturbing article in today's New York Times reporting alleged refusal of Apple store employees to sell iPads ...

I've been thinking about the ferry toll issue. Why is it so hard for some people to think of a ferry as an integral element of a transpo...

It turns out that North Carolina's legislature isn't the only one trying to prevent the sea level from rising by fiat. Virginia'...

This will probably be my last post on this subject for awhile, unless something really alarming happens.  I recommend the town boar...

Five years ago, when I first realized things were going badly awry with the town's lawsuit over South Avenue, I determined to pursue the...

Last night at the regular Oriental Board of Commissioners meeting, attendees were shown a detailed survey of the area surrounding the inters...

Next Tuesday night, May 1, Oriental's Long Range Planning Committee will unveil its draft of a comprehensive plan. I haven't compl...

Today's Parks and Rec meeting was good, because attendees asked a number of probing and worthwhile questions. Those interested in taking...

We keep hearing charges that "Oriental needs to be more friendly to business." The truth is that the biggest obstacles to busine...

About five years ago, the Town of Oriental's Board of Commissioners established a Long Range Planning Committee. I suggest that it is ti...

Seventy years ago, while my father's outfit was being organized in Mobile to be shipped overseas, a smaller group was preparing at Eglin...

I spent my adult life in defense of democracy. Not because our own democracy is perfect, but because it has the chance of standing up to var...

Today's article in the News and Observer about possible tolls on I-95 should be a wake-up call. Tolls for Pamlico County commuters may ...