It's time to compromise on Silent Sam
A good compromise leaves both sides a wee bit happy and a wee bit sad. Here's a compromise that could solve the Silent Sam controversy. Read More
A good compromise leaves both sides a wee bit happy and a wee bit sad. Here's a compromise that could solve the Silent Sam controversy. Read More
Why is our government still trying to divide us, to classify us, to put each of us in some slice of a fictitious federal racial or ethnic pie? Read More
The executive branch of North Carolina government already has an effective emergency response plan, but why doesn't our legislative branch have one? Read More
The other day an attorney friend of mine reminded me the his time was money. That phrase has been around a long time. It occurred to me that we ought to turn it around and start saying thatmoney is... Read More
As I understand this mess, some want a statue (Confederate Memorial/Soldiers Monument/"Silent Sam") at McCorkle Place on the UNC-CH campus to go away, some want it to stay. Most could care less except... Read More
Whenever election time comes around, the media, political parties, and candidates begin thumping about voting rights, precincts and districts, voting times and places, registrations and ballots, and... Read More
The founding fathers envisioned two kinds of constitutions. The one for our Republic was a broad umbrella for a universal (national) social contract. The other kind, state constitutions, were to be... Read More
If you don’t keep up with the happenings and going’s on around our capitol city, you may have missed all the hoopla about Dix Hill. The property, on which the Dorothea Dix Hospital (Dix Hill) has... Read More
Old McDonald had a farm, With a B-Word here and an F-Word there, and a J-word, M-Word, N-Word, Q-word, S-word Old McDonald…….. Welcome to Political Correctness (PC) in America where the only... Read More
Part of the mission for our Public Schools is, "TO GRADUATE GOOD CITIZENS." The 2017-2018 public school year is over in North Carolina. About 9,000 high school students... Read More