Editorials
Remembering those Ya-Ya Sisters
The dawn is heavy with the promise of another summer day patiently waiting to be born. In the stillness of this early hour, the sky to the east lightens behind billows of perfect clouds. The […]
Opinion
Columns
Why are you reading this?
Why are you reading this column? Make no mistake — I’m glad you are. I hope you are an avid reader of editorials, op-eds, and columns in newspapers, magazines, and online forums. But motivation matters. […]
Opinion
Adam and Mark’s epic adventure
I woke with a start! I had been dreaming. At least that’s what I thought I had been doing. Or was I still in a deep sleep wondering through an unfamiliar place? The room seemed […]
Editorials
More reflections on King and Kennedy
Fifty years ago in 1968, two men were assassinated while about the business of trying to convince the nation “that race has no place in American life and law.” It was in April of this […]
Editorials
Thankful for those we call dad
He’s often the man you call on when things go wrong — the occasional flat tire, the overheated engine, the busted water pipe, the snake in the back yard, the unbalanced checkbook, or, if you’re […]
Columns
Putting away childish things
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” – 1 Cor. 13:11 […]
Columns
Courts can’t resolve every dispute
In the long-running dispute between State School Superintendent Mark Johnson, a Republican elected in 2016, and the State Board of Education, which currently has a majority of Republican appointees, the North Carolina Supreme Court has […]
Letters
The power of prayer, patience and God
Editor: Our family sends a big thank you out to all those who planned, helped and contributed to the Joanna Jackson Price Benefit on May 5, 2018 at Hobbton Elementary School. We would also like […]
Opinion
May our flag forever wave
I pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. More than six decades […]
Columns
The grease fire that destroyed our home
A blazing inferno! That was the first thing that came to mind when I learned a grease fire swept through our home incinerating everything in its path. There was devastating destruction throughout the two-story dwelling. […]
Columns
Fake news distorts political debates
While the term “fake news” may be of recent vintage, the phenomenon isn’t. For decades, policymakers in North Carolina and elsewhere have trafficked in poorly understood, misleading, or demonstrably false information — often unknowingly, although […]
Columns
Maybe it is about you
Once again, I have my graduation commencement speech ready. And, once again, no one has called. I’m sure it’s just an oversight by school administrators. So, in order to correct that mistake, here it is […]