Banned from the legislature
Few of us like it when others disagree with us. Fewer still like it when others protest our actions, but elected or appointed public officials have to recognize that disagreements and sometimes... Read More
Few of us like it when others disagree with us. Fewer still like it when others protest our actions, but elected or appointed public officials have to recognize that disagreements and sometimes... Read More
My Father’s Day presents included two vintage issues of Life magazine, one from November 22, 1948, the other from November 29, 1963. My family, like many, subscribed to this weekly publication for... Read More
Anyone observing today’s political landscape cannot escape the domination from the conservative right and the liberal left. Both are loud and active advocates for their positions, but what is... Read More
Even without television, telephones or telegraphs word spread quickly throughout the colonies about the fighting that took place between the British and Colonials at Lexington and Concord in April... Read More
Nothing happens on the streets of this town after midnight that you need to be a part of,” my parents told me as a teen. Concerned I had neither the experience nor the judgment to impose this... Read More
Voter ID is dead in North Carolina…or is it? U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ pronouncement on the matter raises many questions, and whereas opponents of the 2013 Voter ID law were... Read More
What’s the biggest issue facing North Carolina today? That was the question posed at a recent lunch with Leslie Boney, the newly named Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues. Boney wants to... Read More
In the late 1970s, I was appointed to the Economic Development Board. At the time I lived in Northeastern North Carolina and believed rural areas deserved to get their share of the economic growth and... Read More
Celebrated novelist Ernest Hemingway was once reported to have made a bet with companions that he could write a novel in six words. He asked each to put $10 in a pot, saying that if he could construct... Read More