ON Thursday, the Philippines will commemorate the 127th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence. More ...

One of the grand joys of being old is dealing with what we’ll call the eccentricities of Medicare. Most prominent, of course, ...

Craig Carter’s column is always thought-provoking and I enjoy his sense of humor and Love of our Nation. His column titled ...

I’m a stickler for thank-you notes. Call me old-fashioned, but I think it’s something kids need to do–express gratitude and not take things for granted. Even when a grandparent says “Oh, they don’t ...

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May 20 is "Meck Dec Day," marking the date in 1775 when the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was said to have been announced — more than a year before the nation's official declaration on ...

James Jack riding to Philadelphia to deliver the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. There's a controversy in Charlotte that goes back to the American Revolution: Exactly 250 years ago this ...

In 1946, the library of Harvard Law School purchased a tattered document for $27.50. Records described it as a “rubbed and damp-stained” copy of the Magna Carta, Britain’s 1215 charter that ...

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence claiming it was signed a year before all the American colonies split from British rule. Here's a controversy that ...

However, the declaration of independence remains symbolic for now and has not yet received formal recognition from any country or international organisation.

Reports are swirling that a Baloch activist has declared independence from Pakistan. ‘We’re not Pakistanis," goes the declaration by someone identified in reports as Mir Yar Baloch, who also ...

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international human rights convention which sets out the fundamental human rights of people with disability. The purpose of the ...