Harper’s Folly
Had he not been eaten, the boy who cried “Wolf!” would have grown up to be a meteorologist. Winter storm “Harper” was a bust. Predictions of 1-2 feet of snow made over days as the…
Category: Opinion / Editorial
Latin America & U.S. Put Political Squeeze on Venezuela Regime
BUENOS AIRES – Two of Latin America’s political heavyweights have put the squeeze on Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian regime. In a meeting between Argentine President Mau-ricio Macri and his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsanaro, the leaders…
Fergus Falls, Revisited
Kids today might not believe that once upon a time people used encyclopedias – volumes of books often a decade old – to look up information about people, places, or things.Way back in 1977 the…
Hunting For Civility
You’ve reached a certain age – or at least a certain level of crankiness – when your rants start off with “I’m old enough to remember when…” I say that more often these days. It’s…
The Midterms: A Postmortem
America was born of revolution and hardened by a bloody civil war that moved us closer to the ideal of a more perfect union. We saved the world by defeating Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and…
Shocked, Shocked Over Electricity
It’s never a good sign when a newspaper article starts out like a magician’s act. Journalists should not imitate the art of the illusionist; namely distraction and trickery to make the audience believe the unbelievable.Last…
Lessons Of Innocence
Leave it to Senate Democrats to degrade the proceedings of the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body” beyond their 1991 low-point discussing “pubic hair on a Coke can.” When the stakes are high, Democrats go low. Advice…
UN Assembly; What a Difference a Year Makes!
UNITED NATIONS -Contrary to last year’s General Assembly, the looming threat of a possible nuclear war with North Korea did not dominate the sessions. Rather Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cautiously praised the ongoing process in defusing…
Killing The Golden Goose
Two weeks ago in this space I asked, “What’s the Matter with New Hampshire?” The question was aimed at unhappy and confused Republican voters who, according to a poll, thought it would be a good…
What’s the Matter With New Hampshire?
by Ken Gorrell,Weirs Times Contributing Writer In his 2004 best-seller, What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank questioned the sanity of social-conservative voters who, he contended, voted against their economic best interests by voting for…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer America lost an irreplaceable voice last week with the passing of Aretha Franklin. If your knowledge of her music is limited to popular hits like “Respect,” “Think,” and…
The Old Man Versus The Grey Lady
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer The Old Man of the Mountains fell from high above Profile Lake fifteen years ago, but it remains the symbol of the Granite State, and always will. I…
Giant Sucking Sound
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer “Correction: An earlier version of this article included a debunked statistic that Americans throw away 500M drinking straws a day, or 1.6 a day per person. Previous tweets…
Right To Try
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer “Thousands of terminally ill Americans will finally have hope, and the fighting chance…that they will be helped…,” Trump said while signing the “Right to Try” bill giving terminally…
World Cup Football and Politics
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer HAMBURG—Witnessing the early stages of the World Cup Football extravaganza offers an amazing sporting experience. Indeed the enthusiasm is palpable and contagious as the early matches kicked…