News: Columns
Setbacks All Over: Bad Election Day for the Far Right
I tell you, I wonder sometimes if it’s a sickness.
Sorry for Leaving the World Such a Mess
I’m sorry.
Commercial Fishermen’s Image Problem
North Carolina’s commercial fishermen have an image problem. You wouldn’t know it from the rhetoric coming from one of the primary groups that represent them, the North Carolina Fisheries Association.
Color Me Color-Conscious
My skin is age-freckled white but I am a person of color. Color is everything. Yellow is a happy color, yet I would be miserable living in a room with yellow walls. Yet again, a kitchen with old carpenter-built cabinets washed in a pale butter shade - lovely.
Letting Go of Potter Series
In “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” we are introduced to the Mirror of Erised, a magical looking glass that shows us our hearts’ most potent desires.
Doing Without: Our Experimental Year of No New Stuff
It was the evening after an exciting and chaotic Christmas pageant that I found myself in our dark church for a few moments by myself.
Candidates Stay Mum on Solutions to State Budget Crisis
One of the few things that there is a consensus about in this contentious election season is that the state faces a budget shortfall next year that will exceed $3 billion.
Let's All Start Picking Our Next President
In an ideal society, Election Day should be the date when we choose between candidates. It should not matter whether they call themselves Whigs or Tories, Labor or Conservative, Democrat or Republican.
Justice on Trial: SBI Scandal Raises Grave Questions
Where did things go so wrong with the crime lab at the State Bureau of Investigation? And why?
