At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, a little-known state senator from Illinois electrified the crowd with a speech proclaiming our fun…
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s state government began its 2020-21 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in cash left over from last year plus another $1.8…
I’ve got some family problems. It all started back in 2015 when Donald Trump — who I thought was only regarded for being a real estate snake o…
Hurricane Sally has just pummeled the Florida Panhandle and the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama. Though it landed as "only" a Category 2, wh…
By 1986, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s life was spinning out of control. Substance abuse had been an issue for him since his early teens, but his whirl…
Everyone wants it. Many find it and, sadly, many lose it. All work toward it every day of their lives in everything they do. Many take it for …
A number of Northern California wildfires sent a thick, sometimes orange-glowing haze over the state Wednesday that left the Bay Area in an ee…
“For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘What might have been.’”
Back when I was in Bible college, I shared an apartment with three other students. Like most guys in their early 20s, we were night owls who d…
Although 2020 probably won’t be remembered as a particularly warm and fuzzy year in our nation, there were a few 100th anniversaries that shou…
I know the whole nation is getting ready for the last three-day holiday weekend of the summer season. Barbecues, in all shapes and sizes, are …
At one time or another, each one of us has suffered the debasing experience of being ignored, unappreciated, and underestimated. It is not an …
As strange as it sounds, the earthquake that rattled most of us two weeks ago got me thinking about, of all things, baptism. My mind instantly…
I’m a random facts junkie these days (courtesy of COVID-19 homebound status) and some of the stuff that I come across is just too good to pass…
As I close in on yet another birthday in a month’s time, I know how fortunate I am to have maintained good health physically, mentally and emo…
Last year, as a retirement gift to ourselves, my wife, Sue, and I cruised the Rhine River from Switzerland to the Netherlands, most of it bein…
I didn’t think it was possible to be labeled “too polite” during these tough times experienced globally and nationally, including, but not lim…
For those tackling renewing your driver’s license and need to pass a written test after many years of skirting by, most of our laws are pretty…
The message is clear: Do not plant free Chinese mystery seeds. Also, do not eat free Chinese mystery seeds. In addition, do not feed free Chin…
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Should Fort Bragg keep on being Fort Bragg? Or do we need another name for North Carolina’s largest military base?
June 19 is hardly a date that stands out in one’s memory as holding any significance, nor is the death of the English landowner Charles Cunnin…
I like to make up new verses for songs. All my life, as people like to say. A song pops into my head, and I start singing to myself. Often, I’…
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