by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
There’s no business like snow business when it comes to turning schedules upside down. Schools from counties around all around are getting blasted for calling off class, for not calling off class, or for sending out the buses and then changing their minds....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion
Stanley Hauerwas is not a Baptist, but sometimes he acts like one — often by criticizing them — and some of his targets have appreciated the feedback. Hauerwas, the Gilbert T. Rowe Emeritus Professor of Divinity and Law at Duke University, is a noted...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 14, 2015 | Opinion
According to a consumer spending survey by the National Retail Federation, Americans were expected to spend $18.9 billion dollars this year on Valentine’s Day. That works out to more than $142 per person, up from $133 last year. If that sounds high, it’s...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 6, 2015 | Opinion
I allow my students to use laptop computers in class because I want them to take good notes, and most people can type faster and more legibly than they can write by hand. Though I warn them against it at the beginning of each semester, I often ramble around the room...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 30, 2015 | Opinion
Folks who are interested in archaeology might be interested in a few tidbits about old stuff in the current news. The Islamic extremists behind the ISIS movement continue to demonstrate their inhumanity: not only do they indiscriminately murder and maim current...
