Writer Peg DeMarco lays out some feng-shui principals for those wanting to spruce up their interiors this spring:
For most of the past 20 years, the United States has had a clear policy in Afghanistan: avoiding reality. We kept telling ourselves that if we…
There is nothing sacred about nine.
Is it the job of government to make you happy? While it may seem like a straightforward question, there are some important subtleties packed i…
While mowing the front yard, I discovered what may be a portal to another dimension.
A book curse? No, this isn’t something out of a “Harry Potter” book or “Game of Thrones” episode. Before the invention of the printing press, …
Driving has gotten much less dangerous over time, thanks to new safety features in cars, better highway design and a decline in drunken drivin…
Racism is a serious threat to public health, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week. The federal agency was…
Fewer Americans are attending traditional church services. Fewer are attending Catholic schools, too.
Apparently, Robert Pape was surprised.
Born in Indiana in 1900, Ernie Pyle gravitated to simply telling stories about Americans and American life. Attending Indiana University, he d…
Do you remember back in 1999 when the Hatteras Lighthouse was moved about 1,000 yards to escape the rising ocean?
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd stopped being just a man and became a symbol. Suddenly, he was no longer an ordinary Black guy enjoying a holida…
Summer vacation planning is probably going on now in many households, so when I came across an article on www.tasteofhome.com about unusual st…
Mitch McConnell has been presented with the spectacle of giant American corporations taking sides on a political issue, and his eyes were sear…
There’s a concept in politics called a “trial balloon.” It’s a way to test the support for a policy idea before it is formally proposed. A tri…
When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, he had a problem. There were almost no paved roads in America. To sell his product to the mass…
RALEIGH — It’s hard not to play along when children come up with cute untruths.
Unless you were born without a larynx, odds are that one or more times in a state of emotions that did not include your common sense, you made…
The Great Spring Awakening continues.
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Opinion: Why can’t those who own guns and know the most about them take responsibility for ensuring they're used safely and without malicious intent?
Episode 11: Scott Rada and Richard Kyte talk about how their different life experiences frame how they each look at firearm safety. Later, the…
Read this opinion column by syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts on what the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial will mean for America.Have you b…
As parents of three teenage daughters, my wife and I expend a lot of our leisure time managing other people’s laundry. Because our children ar…
“We are not supporting doing any vaccine passports in the state of Florida,” declared Gov. Ron DeSantis.
It is a big birthday week in our family. My twin sister has a birthday along with my nephew and my brother. Due to the fact I have a twin sist…
Who is responsible for last month’s jam up in the Suez Canal?