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This is Meetinghouse Cove off Malaga Island. I often sail through here on my way around Bear and Malaga Islands. Malaga also has a trail with various historical ruins from 100 years ago, and is a popular outing for our family. Kurt Pelsue Harpswell, Maine Knows the place quite wellRead More

Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.

It's that time of year when a warm drink really hits the spot

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December 2024 By Will Gerstmyer Anyone who has partnered with a sailboat and felt her sails fill, and her hull rise, can attest to the beauty of sailing. One minute there is flailing, and the next? All is balanced and breathtaking. For those of us who succumb to this particularRead More

The over-emphasis of rights over responsibility is a contributing factor to lawlessness. People have a right to shelter, the right to set up shop and sell foodstuff to the public, the right to earn a living. But what about their responsibility to obey the laws on shelter and food safety, asks Mpumelelo Mkhabela.

The photographer travelled to all the towns in SA and the Netherlands that are namesakes, from Amsterdam to Utrecht.

Ruben Amorim needs full squad available as fixtures pile up thick and fast

After two years of boatless life, the author makes a sharp tack in a different direction

Buzzards Bay. Becalmed. Sun broiling. Sail slatting. Boom flailing. Twelve-foot catboat performing six degrees of motion. Wakes of tugs and powerboats, all propelled by engines. Why don’t we have one?

Coach Rassie Erasmus expressed satisfaction with the Springboks' adaptability to new coaches Tony Brown and Jerry Flannery in 2024.

Coach Rassie Erasmus expressed satisfaction with the Springboks' adaptability to new coaches Tony Brown and Jerry Flannery in 2024.

Nevada should take a cue from former first lady Nancy Reagan and just say no to HOV lanes.

If the Presidency wants to avoid yet another talk shop about the SA problématique, it should get its act together to undertake this very historic process, which, if done properly and thoughtfully, will transform the lives of the entire nation, writes Oscar van Heerden.

The paradoxical phrase, ‘running away forward’ is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now. It seems that everything that Israel has done in the past year or so is a mere attempt to deny, distract from or escape imminent future scenarios – all of which are bleak. Indeed, … Continue reading "A Nation in Denial: Why Israel’s Defeat Is Imminent"

After a hot day of sanding the boat's bottom, the author realizes a classic wooden boat is too much work.

December 2024 By Christopher Birch Marinas are handy, moorings are great, but nothing beats the satisfaction that comes from spending a night at anchor. As the year winds down, I’m feeling nostalgic for some of my favorite spots to drop the hook along our beloved New England coastline and haveRead More

December 2024 By Ron Woolley I’m definitely not a boater. I realized that about two hours into what turned out to be a 9 1/2 hour row from my town of Duxbury, Massachusetts to my old town of Hull about 35 miles north along the coast. I had completed theRead More

Fun fact: It's impossible for a person to hold their nose and hum at the same time.

Geneticists have studied the distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups on the Faroe Islands, known to have been colonized by Vikings around the year 900 CE, and compared these to distributions of haplogroups in today's Scandinavia.

France drops buy-EU demand for Brussels defence fund  Financial Times

Fatalities have surged since dictatorships took power and turned to Russian mercenaries for help

Rush to seal $300bn finance agreement at COP29 after walkouts and a late holdout by India

Commenters discuss the pros and cons of adding tax to private education — join the debate

More than a million people live in tents with little protection from downpours and falling temperatures

It may well be time for governments and central banks to revisit their monetary policy mandates.