Baby, it’s cold outside.

Call me skeptical. But when Republicans en masse start calling for a sweeping overhaul of the tax code, grab your wallet, button the back pocket and cinch up in a trench coat. I see a desperate political move, not “something really great,” for most of us.

Last week, my wife and I celebrated our 37th anniversary by taking a trip back to the site where we got married.

Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

There was once a time when students in (mostly) public schools were taught a subject called “civics.”

A thread of thought began last June while I was attending a lecture presented by the Institute For Emerging Issues, a department within NC State University. From this lecture, one bit of information really stuck out, and has stayed with me.

I read the news today, oh boy. And The Beatles are still in it.

Friends of the republic, it is with an optimistic heart that I write to say that all is not lost, regardless of who wins the presidential election in November.

The author, advertising director of The Pilot, serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce.

Pat Taylor, advertising director of The Pilot, is the new board chairman of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce.

A recent trip to New Bern on business left Lani and me with a half-day of vacation to look around one of the oldest towns in the state — and one of the most historic as a result. During our wanderings, I was reminded of a part of North Carolina history that had dimmed over time.

There are three worthwhile types of concerts, Managing Editor David Sinclair explained to me.

The momentum of players turning pro after a single year of play is a symptom of a larger problem associated with said flood of revenue to high-level college sports. 

If you are paying attention to the news at all, you have to be aware of a new level of energy surrounding racial profiling, racial justice in the courts, and something of a disconnect between many citizens — especially in the black community — and law enforcement.

The most interesting show in Moore County not under a big top has got to be the annual “100 Years of Progress” weekend exhibition held in “Ederville,” the home turf of Ken and Patty Eder, just outside Carthage.

Folks around here like to talk about the wonderful lifestyle we have — the beautiful landscape, the whispering pines, and the abundance of good people.

Sitting with our friends in the small side room of an old tavern in Charlestown, Mass., brought with it a palpable sense of history — an extension backward in time to a world where Americans still bowed to the king of England while resenting most of the officials he sent to govern in his stead.

Was the Gamecocks football program at the University of South Carolina really concerned about being accused of breaking the rules in its choice of the icing it put on cookie cakes given to recruits visiting the campus?

A perfectly struck golf shot feels so pure it almost feels nothing at all.

A recent article about the 30th anniversary of the Apple MacIntosh computer’s introduction brought a moment of reflection about how far technology has come over those three short decades. Remember the Mac, the small desktop computer that because the first popular machine to use a mouse and s…

Just in time for the new year, a new book puts modern North Carolina politics in perspective.

This column was supposed to be how the reality of Big Brother in 1984 is already in place and the concept of privacy is now a quaint memory. Instead, I woke up thinking about the mystery of dragonflies.