by Guy Sayles | Jul 14, 2015 | Opinion
Even fans of other Atlantic Coast Conference basketball teams reluctantly admit that the late Dean Smith was a great basketball coach. Smith co-wrote, with management expert Gerald Bell, “The Carolina Way,” a few years go. “The Carolina Way”...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 23, 2015 | Opinion
I grew up in metropolitan Atlanta in the 1960s and 1970s, which was, of course, the hometown of Martin Luther King Jr. When I was in elementary school, news about his work, about the hopes it inspired, and about the controversies it generated was “local...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 1, 2015 | Opinion
The late journalist David Carr experienced a fits-and-starts, zig-zagging journey from more than a decade of drug addiction, broken relationships and personal shame to sobriety, a stable and loving family life, a successful career and a feeling of contented happiness....
by Guy Sayles | May 27, 2015 | Opinion
I struggled to reclaim faith early in my college years. At least that’s what the struggle seemed to be about as I was living through it. Looking back, it seems more likely that I was actually struggling for a way to let myself be reclaimed by a loving God....
by Guy Sayles | Apr 22, 2015 | Opinion
The “Book of Common Prayer” includes a grateful and humble acknowledgment of “this fragile earth, our island home.” It’s a moving phrase; and, on this Earth Day, I pray that we will love this fragile earth with courageous and tender love,...
