by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 30, 2013 | Opinion
North Carolina’s new governer has raised the ire of educators in the state’s university system by suggesting that the only purpose of higher education worth funding is training that will lead directly to jobs. I suspect he’s not the only governor...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 28, 2013 | Opinion
Having spent 40 years on the “professional” side of the Baptist world — as pastor, journalist, and professor — I’ve seen my share of “Buzzard Baptists” — the sort of folks who seem to enjoy dragging up things that stink,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 25, 2013 | Opinion
I’m not crazy about walking the dog under any circumstances — I can think of so many other things I’d rather be doing — but the fun factor declines even more when it’s cold. Just before daylight this morning, with the temperature hovering...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 23, 2013 | Opinion
What? It’s finally gotten cold in our neck of the woods – relatively speaking, of course. After the warmest winter on record in 2012 and several 70 degree days this month, we’ve finally run into a five or six day stretch in which temperatures are...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 21, 2013 | Opinion
Thinking of Martin Luther King always reminds me of justice issues, of how far we’ve come, and how far we have yet to go. When I was a boy, students from all twelve grades rode the school bus together because we all went to the same school. That is, all of the...
