by Colin Harris | Aug 31, 2011 | Opinion
Now that our governing system has evolved into a constant election cycle, where the thinking of our collective leadership has moved from the good of the commonwealth to how best to get elected, we have become a community of political shoppers, watching the...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 30, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Passing through Trinity, N.C., last week, I barely noticed the sign claiming the small town as the birthplace of Duke University. Then I remembered that the prestigious university was once known as Trinity College. It started as a small schoolhouse in...
by Jim Somerville | Aug 30, 2011 | Opinion
Since my last column, I have survived a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt as far north as Boston and the gusting fury of Hurricane Irene, which ripped up a half dozen ancient oaks on my street and left most of the city without power. I don’t mean to be...
by Ron Crawford | Aug 30, 2011 | Opinion
What do you do when the swamp is on fire? The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in the southeasternmost part of Virginia is on fire. For many of us this probably sounds counterintuitive. When water levels drop in swamps, the humid decomposing material in...
by Robert Parham | Aug 30, 2011 | Opinion
Dying children in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti – have had to compete with a lot in America. The death toll for Somali children under age 5 exceeds 29,000 – over the last three months – reported CBS News. Some 1,500 Somalis arrive...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 29, 2011 | Opinion
Raleigh’s News & Observer reported recently on the strange results of a project conducted by scientists at Duke University. Three researchers at a social event began to wonder if they could determine how religion affects the brain. As a preliminary approach,...
