I’m not a huge professional basketball fan, but I do watch some of the NBA playoffs. Last month, the talented, but youthful and inexperienced, Boston Celtics lost their playoff series to the LeBron-led Cleveland Cavaliers. […]
In politics, the karma may not be instant — but it will get you, sooner or later. Want examples? Just check out the political headlines of the past few weeks. Anthony Kennedy, the sometime-swing vote […]
Laura Ingalls Wilder! For anyone over 40, more than likely you know who she was and what she represented in the fabric of our nation’s history. If you’re not “over the hill,” you’re most likely […]
“It smells like money.” That was a line you used to hear often in this area. We were referring to the smell coming from livestock operations, primarily hog farms, here in Sampson and Duplin counties. […]
A light mist whispers gently over the trees this Southern morning, but soon the golden fingers of sunrise will separate each corner of darkness; and we say softly to ourselves, here comes the beginning, another […]
As we once again commemorate the formal birth of the United States, it’s important to think about what makes America exceptional — what makes it, despite evident flaws, so worthy of our loyalty and affection. […]
Dear Sgt. Hosbrook, though you are my ancestor, I thought it only fitting and proper to address you by your rank and title in that great war for independence that we are celebrating some 242 […]
Little Big Town! That was the first thing that came to mind when I knew our four-generation family was going to rent a pontoon boat for a day of fun in the sun while on […]
“That was a waste of time.” “It wasn’t worth the effort.” We’ve all said it. Maybe you said it about a movie you saw that was really not that entertaining. Or maybe you said it […]
Even though Gov. Roy Cooper is a Democrat and the North Carolina Supreme Court has a majority of justices with Democratic backgrounds, state Democrats will be trying to make 2018 a “change election.” They hope […]
Heart palpitations! Those were the only words I can think of to describe what I felt as fear gripped my soul at the thought of my brother John drowning. Paralyzed to do anything, I watched […]
Words still mean things. Well, I guess they still do. Lawyers spend hours and hours going over contracts and legal documents for their clients, making sure every word is correct. They know that a single […]
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