Tyler Hadyniak lives with his family on Beaver Ridge Road in Freedom. The Hadyniaks moved to town in 1997 to escape the noise of New Jersey, opting for the other side of the pendulum: 90 acres of land ...

Americans disagree about all kinds of ideas and public policies, but almost everyone seems to agree on the value of personal ...

Dave Gustafson is a U.S. veteran who fought in the Vietnam War. Now, he sees the country representing and supporting values that are the opposite of those he fought for. “This is where it starts. When ...

At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag of Canada Day was ...

Ryan Scott McCann was previously charged with using the flagpole of his swastika flag to ... 2024: He warned me there would be consequences if I failed to comply with his demands to air a white ...

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So, I have resorted occasionally to turning the system off just to allow me a few seconds of freedom. But I can live with that. It’s the chronically distracted drivers who are the biggest challenge.

Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In ...

The station consisted of an electrical part, which consisted of a telegraph cabinet with all its accessories and ready to transmit telegrams to any town reached by telegraph, and the semaphore, which ...

From New York-style boiled bagels to Montreal-inspired wood-fired ones to some sourdough ones in between, there are lots of great bagels in southern Maine and several shops have the accolades to ...