For much of July, William Beacom, a cheerful, mop-topped 16-year-old from Midland toured several branches of the Capital Area District Library, showing kids how to make almost anything— including shoes — out of duct tape. (He called the shoes “Duck

WE ALL know that Jack and Jill went up a hill to fetch a pail of water ...but is it gramatically correct to say “I will fetch you”, i.e. using “fetch” as a replacement for “pick up”?

One of the few things about which the great Samuel Johnson was in serious error was his definition of the lexicographer as a "harmless drudge". For while drudgery may certainly be involved in the writing of dictionaries and the "detailing of the signif

The Beaumont Independent School District's Department of Continuing Education recently spent thousands of taxpayer dollars to lure adults into its Adult & Community Education program through use of a brochure boasting the benefits of continued education.

Last Thursday marked the birthday of a truly great man whose influence upon America can hardly be overstated. That man is Noah Webster. He was born October 16, 1758 in Hartford, Connecticut and died May 28, 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut.