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Jul 313 min read

Should we bemoan another (possible) missed shot at Veep post?

Not so long ago, if we’d heard that Gov. Roy Cooper, was being considered as a vice presidential candidate, we’d have been heading to...

Jul 224 min read

How St. Aug's, Shaw can thrive (and tell Duke to take its DEI and shove it.)

It’s understandable that alumni of both St. Augustine’s and Shaw universities are aghast at the prospect of merging the two financially...

Jan 253 min read

A test of memory, and a test that could save your loved one's life

Did I ever tell y’all about the time I saw Dexter King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest son, wearing a policeman’s uniform with a big...

Dec 19, 20233 min read

Cliffhangers are great in the movies, but not when it comes to a university's survival.

Here’s one way to know you’re getting old: When one of your college classmates becomes president of the college. That revelation came...

Dec 11, 20232 min read

AT LAST! A perfect Christmas gift for everyone you love!

Two Christmas seasons ago, we - or rather, our staffing agency - goofed. Bad. You see, every Christmas season, in anticipation of...

Dec 7, 20233 min read

A helping hand? Sometimes lending a helping ear will do.

When you park downtown in Durham on a warm Saturday afternoon and sit in your car soaking up rays and listening to Casey Kasem on...

Nov 30, 20233 min read

Knocking a few back in honor of a favorite teacher - and all teachers.

The conversation, like so many of mine do, started out being about wine. I was telling my friend, Julie Rainbow, about a really good and...

Nov 20, 20234 min read