During an appearance in his childhood home of Scranton, Pa., recently, President Joe Biden made the case for congressional approval of his nea…
Do we even want to go back to pre-pandemic work conditions?
Social scientists Dr. Alison Dagnes and Dr. Lawrence Eppard are joined by wedding planner Amy Thunell and Kalero Vineyard owner Ann Fortin to …
RALEIGH — Are North Carolinians safer today than they were a decade ago? That depends on how you define the term “safe.”
I must be as old as dirt because I’m now remembering so many old sayings that didn’t cross my mind, at least not often, when I was younger.
If you came to our parsonage, you would discover plants and flowers all over our property. Just don’t ask me to identify what they are. I can …
Breaking news: A piano is heavy.
My take on history doesn’t always jive with the mainstream.
Now that we are elbow-deep in the pumpkin guts of October, I’m starting to feel the holiday season kick-off excitement. It has captured my ima…
Michael Paul Williams — a columnist with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Va. — won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for penetra…
It is October on the Outer Banks. A late hurricane is threatening to wash away the beaches and blow down the old wooden houses that have been …
My daily walk to and from school in first grade was past the house of the neighborhood bully. Day after day I came home crying. Finally, my mo…
Despite the many blessings of living in America, why aren’t more Americans happy?
It’s very easy these days to say that social media is toxic. People act in ways they’d never do in real life, because it isn’t real life. They…
When our new deer babies are weaned, Sam resumes light feeding in our patio side yard, with a little corn, a salt block, and a molasses mix bl…
Be extra cautious when you “fall back” on Nov. 7, 2021.
Let me be clear from the beginning. I have made a lot of mistakes during my life. I have made mistakes that I don’t even know about to this da…
RALEIGH — Closing down school buildings for many months last year — and offering poorly planned and executed virtual schooling as an inadequat…
As interim senior aerospace/unidentified flying object correspondent for this award-winning publication, I often receive first-person close-en…
Episode 23: Richard Kyte and Scott Rada talk about how to reduce the conflict and celebrate the traditions of these three holidays.
Commentary: People who have a regular third place expand their circle of friends, laugh more often, are more engaged in their community, are h…
Can Shakespeare’s Macbeth help us deal with President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan and do it quickly?
A falsehood-fed fire is engulfing American democracy, where more than half of Trump voters -- and 4 out of 10 Biden voters -- support secessi…
I was watching TV the other night, and one of those ubiquitous campaign ads popped up. This time, it was a female candidate for the Pennsylvan…
Pharrell Williams has reeled in a boatload of awards as a recording artist and producer. But the Virginia Beach native’s greatest hit may have…
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During my 43 years of teaching economics at North Carolina State University, my favorite part of the introductory economics class was the topi…
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