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Apr 3, 20204 min read

Suffering from Netflix fatigue? Here's how to really rejuvenate yourself.

I cried because I had no Netflix - until I met some kids who had no lunch. Or dinner. Not as catchy as the original saying, attributed to...

Mar 26, 20203 min read

Engaging in social distancing? You can still reach out and touch someone's heart.

As we all should do during this coronavirus crisis and beyond, I called an older friend to see if she needed help. By the time I hung up...

Mar 18, 20203 min read

The candidate you need to clean up this mess is right in front of you.

In a recent whine-soaked column, we decried the way winning political candidates call you, court you and then cavalierly cast you aside...

Mar 11, 20203 min read

Hey Joe, How about calling now that you've got our vote and money?

I... I feel so used, so cheap. For a few weeks I was - and if you've paid your phone bill, you were, too - among the most popular people...

Feb 20, 20204 min read

Can Pruitt do for the Associated Press what he did for McClatchy Newspapers?

In retrospect, I wish I'd at least told the dude to move his butt off my table. Several years ago, while I was at a journalism convention...

Jan 9, 20203 min read

APORKALYPSE Now?

Addendum: the last paragraph in the initial edition of this story was incorrectly worded. It has been changed to reflect the accurate...

Dec 23, 20193 min read

Dave has left the building - and the city. (We think.)

It's official: I am the only person in Durham who did not see Dave Chappelle when he was in town this month. From what I've been able to...

Dec 18, 20194 min read

Missing the Christmas spirit? Here's how to find it.

Dear Dr. Smith, We are right in the middle of the Christmas season and I don't feel the least bit Christmas-y. I have no holiday spirit...

Dec 9, 20191 min read

Who says there's no perfect gift? Here's one that is.

You still have time to send the perennial Christmas present beloved by literate people the world over, young and old alike - copies of...