by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 21, 2008 | Opinion
The 2008 Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance is being held in the beautiful old city of Prague, in the Czech Republic, known in the old Soviet days as Czechoslavakia. Prague, of course, is much older than the USSR, and much of its proud architecture from...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 18, 2008 | Opinion
Two things today: (1) The anti-bullying bill I mentioned earlier is apparently dead in North Carolina, bullied into submission by conservative Christians stirred to action by misleading hype that the measure was really a pro-homosexual bill.I continue to be amazed at...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 17, 2008 | Opinion
I suppose every school has bullies. I remember running into high-school bullies who didn’t like my nerdy appearance, or who took offense when I talked to a certain girl in Latin class. Almost the entire high school turned bully in 1968, the year a handful of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2008 | Opinion
Every month has something good going for it, and when I think of July, homegrown tomatoes sit at the top of the list. You can slice and dice and spice your way all the way up to the Food Network, but as a culinary masterpiece, few things can match a simple one-slice...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2008 | Opinion
Despite a sinking (some might say stinking) economy, sales of lottery tickets are up in North Carolina. While listening to North Carolina Public Radio, I heard chief hustler Tom Shaheen credit the improved sales to the bigger prizes being offered. He didn’t...
