Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)

Not very many people attend County Commissioners meetings in Bayboro. That's too bad, because it's possible to learn a great deal ab...

Last Tuesday's meeting of Oriental's Planning Board included on its agenda discussion of Conditional Zoning. As it turned out, the b...

Can schools compel students to recite the pledge of allegiance? As the United States Supreme Court made plain in a 1943 case involving a fam...

I grew up in an era when ejaculation was a part of speech. Some such ejaculations (e.g. "balderdash!;" "darn!;") were ac...

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers

One of the most heartening community efforts in recent years has been the building by local craftsmen of a sail training fleet of Optimist P...

Recall is a procedure allowing electors to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office. Eighteen states permit r...