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Apr 20, 20214 min read

Don't Fence Us Out (extended version)

Robert Caro, the award-winning writer who has spent more time thinking about LBJ than probably even Lady Bird did, told a story about his...

Apr 9, 20213 min read

Children are not just small adults - and shouldn't be treated as such.

There is debate over whether North Carolina really is, as our license plates say, “first in flight.” The state of Ohio has tried for a...

Mar 31, 20214 min read

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor, There you go playing the victim again. I'm sure if you and your friends the Seriously Stupid 7 were in court in front of a...

Mar 30, 20213 min read

Doughnuts offered as a shot in the arm to encourage vaccines.

Puritanism, H.L. Mencken wrote, “is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” A better definition is “the haunting fear...

Mar 17, 20213 min read

When it comes to disciplining children, listen to Elvis. (extended version.)

At a remove of almost 50 years, my two surviving partners-in-crime growing up in Rockingham and I concluded that most of the offenses for...

Mar 12, 20213 min read

Anne Frank was right: no need to wait to improve the world.

For seemingly one of the few days this winter, it wasn't raining last Saturday afternoon in Durham and the open sunroof was actually that...

Mar 5, 20212 min read

Letters to the Editor

Here are a few of the recent letters from adoring readers. As the most literate readers in the world deserve, keep your comments clean.

Mar 2, 20211 min read

Heritage Film Fest

Every year I've attended the Hayti Heritage Film Festival, I've been exposed to 2 or 3 fantastic films I'd have never heard of otherwise!

Feb 22, 20213 min read

TED FLED - and left his constituents and daughters out in the cold.

TED FLED – and left his constituents and young daughters out in the cold. Ask me for a “profile in courage in the snow,” and my answer...