I Like The Blue One
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Last week, we got our first glimpse of the eight border wall prototypes vying to replace the inadequate – or non-existent – barriers along our nearly 2,000 mile…
Category: Opinion / Editorial
China’s and Japan’s Elections Contrasted
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – The political optics could not have been more contrasting as China selected its leader and Japan elected its Prime Minister. In a grandiose and…
The Iron Lady
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Had she lived, Margaret Thatcher would have celebrated her 92nd birthday last week. I wonder how many in the U.K. would prefer the Iron Lady’s ghost to their…
Separatist Fault Line Stretches From Spain to Ukraine
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – A dangerous and potentially riveting political fault line stretches from Spain across Europe to Ukraine as smoldering separatist movements have gained new strength and…
Hungary Helps Embattled Mid-East Christians
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – One of the silent tragedies among the conflicts raging in the Middle East, concerns the fate of the ancient and now persecuted Christian communities.…
Getting What They Paid For
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Using public polling as a political weapon is nothing new. A recent bought-and-paid-for-by-the-AFT poll simply lowers the bar. The leaders of the American Federation of Teachers, a public-sector…
Roses And Thorns
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer When I wrote my last essay I was preparing for a week-long camping trip with a Boy Scout troop. That trip has joined a long list of camping…
Repeal and Replace Republicans
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer By the time this edition hits the stands, it’s possible that Republicans in Congress will have passed a health care bill that saves us from the sinking ship…
UN Secretary General Decries Rising Tide of Refugees
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – In an impassioned appeal to the media, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres decried the rising tide of refugees worldwide, but advised that ultimately political…
Left-Hand, Left Behind
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Has somebody ever said something to you that hit you full in the face like the wind coming off a freshly manured field? I experienced that sensation last…
May Day For Britain’s Theresa May
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer NEW YORK—It’s political May Day for Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May after what appeared as a massive miscalculation in calling a general election which she narrowly won.…
Graduate Advice
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer My wife and I live in “the projects.” That’s how I refer to our 18th century farmhouse; a lovely property but one that requires near-constant maintenance and remodeling.…
Global Growth Improving, But Still Woes
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS -The world economy is slowly improving with a forecast for 2.7 percent global growth, but there’s still a way to go to reach pre-recession levels.…
Venezuela’s Slide Into Chaos
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS -Storm clouds are buffeting the coast of Venezuela, the once rich South American state which is sliding into economic chaos and combustable political confrontation. Mass…
Laconia Gets Schooled
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer “But I’d only need one hundred of you.” That line silenced the crowd of teachers listening to a high-tech titan talk about the future of public education. I…