It’s a great time to be in Aiken. And I’m not just saying that because we “spring forward” this weekend with Daylight Saving Time. But it’s true that I do love that extra hour of sunlight we get late ...

As we crawl closer to the official spring solstice, we expect some fun ice-fishing adventures and the beginning of open-water runs. Indeed, March can be a month of warm, cold, snow and mud. As I am ...

Several years ago a couple of teachers sat next to us in a downtown Waterville restaurant, talking about their impending retirements. They were older than I. I asked how a person knows when it is time ...

Our region found out quickly this past week how nice weather can tease us, and then turn wintry again in a matter of hours. Face it, there’s still plenty of time left to do things indoors. That was ...

Herein, one of the more frustrating aspects of academic administration that nobody tells you about until you’re in it. Let’s consider a change to the schedule. Yes! We won’t get different results ...

In times of war, leaders often project the outcome they hope to achieve. Confidence can rally a nation, strengthen morale, and signal resolve to adversaries. Yet history reminds us that war rarely ...

“This land produced no horses,” Qing Dynasty envoy Yu Yung-ho (郁永河) observed when he visited Taiwan in 1697. He didn’t mean that there were no horses at all; it was just difficult to transport them ...