by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 22, 2009 | Opinion
Yesterday I braved the iPhone-crazy crowds in Raleigh’s Apple Store to pick up my three-year-old MacBook, which I’d taken in for repairs less than a week before my “Apple Care” extended warranty ran out.I’d made a “Time...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 19, 2009 | Opinion
I’ve been stewing for the past week over the proposed idea that Baptists should combat falling baptism numbers, at least in part, by having more children. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler has long blogged concerns about the trend toward...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 17, 2009 | Opinion
About halfway through a very intense second week of work building an outdoor patio (see previous blog), both of my hands went nearly numb. I’d done a lot of shoveling, a lot of lifting, a lot of moving heavy objects. While laying the brick floor tiles, I spent a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 15, 2009 | Opinion
The locus of big news in North Carolina in June has been North Carolina State University, where Chancellor James Oblinger and Provost Larry Nielsen have resigned after evidence uncovered by Raleigh’s News & Observer made it clear that they were both involved...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 14, 2009 | Opinion
Here’s a picture of our new patio. I invested most daylight hours for the past two weeks on it, hoping to complete it before Jan returned from a trip to London and Ireland, so I’m happy to see it done (though not as happy as I was on her safe return).Not...
