Memorial Day weekend seems like a strange time for a US Senator to lash out at Veteran's organizations. Senator Richard Burr of North Ca...

May 23rd, 1944. The training was over. Drills would never be over. Gun firing drills, damage control drills, man overboard drills, abandon s...

In May, 1944, USS Houston (CL-81) was at Pearl Harbor getting ready for action in the Pacific. The Cleveland Class cruiser fired its six-inc...

“There is no one in more pursuit of publicity than a retired military officer,” Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma said about last Tuesday...

A week from today, Ukraine holds a fateful election. The Ukrainians I met two decades ago want only to be a normal European country. They ha...

Disaster in a Turkish mine. Accident? Probably no one intentionally caused the explosion. But in such an instance, there are really no acc...

Keith Crisco, part-time Oriental resident and full-time gentleman, died today at his home in Asheboro. Keith was dedicated to making North...

A recent investigative report shows that many American fisheries are recovering. With a few (but important) exceptions, recent efforts at ma...