How Many Languages Are There Anyway?

       You would think linguists would have a pretty good idea how many languages are spoken in the world.  It’s not likely that more than two or three little bands of hunters in small villages have gone unnoticed up to now in the rugged mountains of Papua New Guinea. 

Burling Alleges Cover-Up in Former Rep. Troy Merner Probe

A former lawmaker who has been fighting to get to the bottom of what officials knew and when they knew former Republican Rep. Troy Merner was illegally serving in the House because he no longer lived in Lancaster or any towns in his district says there is a cover up going on.

Op-Ed: Reap What You Sow

As the horrific decimation of Gaza continues, and we recoil from yet another, indiscriminate shooting of innocents in Lewiston, Maine, it is tempting to call it ironic. I think that would be inaccurate and disingenuous

One Dead, One Injured in Auburn Crash

Responding Troopers located a 2011 Cadillac CTS sedan off to the right side of the roadway, and into the adjacent wood line. Additionally, the vehicle had come to a final resting position on its roof.