by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 14, 2013 | Opinion
You’re familiar with the popularity of cute animal videos? I hardly ever click the links, but see them “shared” on Facebook all the time — kittens and puppies being adorable in their own right, grown cats and dogs doing surprising or amazing...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 10, 2013 | Opinion
On Wednesday night I enjoyed the North Carolina Theatre’s impressive production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” which I’d seen before but happily attended again (tickets are still available through the weekend, theater fans!). The...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 8, 2013 | Opinion
I found an interesting article about some hot heads lately, and amazingly, the story had nothing to do with partisan sniping in Washington. The hot heads in question are 4,000-year-old skulls, containing surprisingly intact brains. Image of a 4,000-year-old brain,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 4, 2013 | Opinion
The current impasse in Washington is fueled by many things, but one of the underriding issues is plainly old-fashioned greed. A powerful faction whose primary focus is cutting government spending so wealthier folk can keep more for themselves is flexing a lot of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 2, 2013 | Opinion
We’ve all seen it, I’m sure — most commonly when we were four or five years old, maybe even nine or ten, in more elaborate fashion. Some kid makes a loud noise in class, or draws an ugly caricature of the teacher on the blackboard, and when the...
