by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer The political circus we call the “First in the Nation Primary” has packed up and moved on. Good riddance, I say. At the risk of losing my New…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Inevitably in policy debates one side or the other compares the U.S. with Europe. From health care and insurance to passenger rail to taxes, Europeans are held up…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times   “Resistance is futile!” Anyone familiar with the Star Trek universe will recognize that threat as coming from the Borg (and will know that for some reason, in the 24th…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Baby New Year is only weeks old and the scythe-wielding old man of 2015 has passed away. Beyond the symbolic hand-off little has changed. Same old resolutions made and quickly…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times There’s more than a touch of irony in the fact that the man credited by many with trampling the Bill of Rights to remake America was also the man who…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times The liberal-progressive Slate magazine’s recent article, “Obama: The Statue of Liberty Lays Out Some Pretty Clear Guidelines on the Whole Refugees Thing” provides a window into the President’s mixed-up thinking:…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Two very different quotes from two very different Republicans came to mind last week as the increasingly ludicrous student demonstrators continued their foul-mouthed shrieking and university administrators continued their shameful…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times The recently late but eternally great Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” That’s a concise diagnosis for the problem ailing our constitutional Republic: We don’t…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times By virtually every measure, New Hampshire is a great place to be a kid and to raise a family. In the current Casey Foundation “Kids Count” data book, we rank…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing The storyline seems intriguing enough: A doctor famous for exploiting body language to discern the truth grows rich using his skills to solve crimes. The television show “Lie to…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer There’s nothing quite as life-affirming as attending a Boy Scout Eagle Court of Honor, recognizing the accomplishments of a new Eagle Scout. I’ve attended six Eagle ceremonies as…

  by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer It took them more than a week to recognize they had become laughingstocks, but University of Tennessee president Joe DiPietro finally ordered the Knoxville campus to remove a…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer “It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ― J. K. Rowling “We are our choices.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre In the…

by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer “Show me your papers!” That old movie line unambiguously established that a character was in a totalitarian state – and in trouble. Whether delivered menacingly in cartoonish German…