by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer While not a proper English word, when used together as Lewis Carroll coined them in Alice in Wonderland, “curiouser and curiouser” is an acceptable way of saying something…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer You could almost hear the sighs of relief across the state these last couple of weeks as parents sent their children back to school. It’s been an annual…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer It was in the upper 80s yesterday and the leaves are beginning to show fall colors, so it’s perhaps a strange time to be writing about maple syrup…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Bugs Bunny’s signature line, delivered nonchalantly – often at the point of Elmer Fudd’s gun – is the perfect response to Dr. Bob Kocher, one of the physician-architects…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the political gift that keeps on giving. Long after failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s speeches have been relegated to the Big Black…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Remember the last presidential election cycle when the Left wailed about the scourge of “offshoring” jobs? How times change. In June of 2012, the uber-Progressive news site ThinkProgress…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer If the primary season had an official song, it would be the 1980 chart-topper Another One Bites the Dust. I was never a fan of Queen, and I…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Pakistani and an Afghani walk into a bar…Oh, wait, not a bar, a US/Mexico border checkpoint. No, wait: They…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Remember the “bridge to nowhere”? Officially called the Gravina Island access project, the bridge was intended to replace ferry service between Ketchikan, Alaska (population of 8,000), and Gravina…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer It’s not easy navigating the troubled waters of state economic planning these days. Just ask North Carolina governor Pat McCrory. He’s facing corporate boycotts and a federal lawsuit…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer In six months voters might decide to “Make America Great Again.” I won’t predict how that will turn out, though I suspect we would be no worse off…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Speaker of the House Paul Ryan wants you to know that he’s sorry, so very sorry. Speaking to a group of House interns a few weeks ago, the…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer How many times have you heard some group promoting a cause by saying, “It’s for the children”? Sadly, too often children take a back seat to the cause.…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Hassan’s Heroes on the Board of Education struck a blow for mediocrity last week, denying the application for a K-4 charter school focusing on science, technology, engineering, and…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Constructive criticism is a good thing. At least that’s what I tell myself when I receive it. And I received some from readers – including a state legislator…