And now for some local news. Last Tuesday evening, at the request of the Oriental Town Board of Commissioners, the town Planning Board recom...

President Truman once complained about his economic advisers. "They come in," he said, "and tell me 'on the one hand, thi...

So why did President Reagan and both Bushes follow a "borrow and spend" fiscal policy instead of making sure the national expendit...

Commenting in 1925 on a proposal to restructure European war debt, President Calvin Coolidge said, "they hired the money, didn't th...

Years ago, when we lived in the big city, downtown developers tried to lure home buyers with signs for commuters that said, "If You Liv...

A good article in Slate Magazine calls for politicians to do a better job of explaining why deficit reduction is so important. The author, ...

In case you wondered what a "well-regulated militia" looked like, here is the governing law and regulation, passed by the Congress...

Ninety years ago, the Czech journalist and author Karel Capek introduced the word "Robot" to the world in his play, "R.U.R. (...