The other day, a friend who calls me “the optimistic one,” asked me what was making me smile these days. Knowing that we have a first amendment and so many taking full advantage of their right to say what they want,...
As director of sales for the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, I’ve learned a lot about what it means to “buy local.” It’s a simple idea with a lot of very important consequences for our towns, our...
I am famous for having been the Democratic candidate to follow D.G. Martin’s congressional campaigns in Charlotte in 1984 and 1986. I ran in the same district in 1988 and 1990. Now I know how Roger Maris felt in 1961 when...
As a resident of Chapel Hill, I admit I love the noise and bustle of a busy college town. But, lately I wonder if many of us know as much about our rural countryside as we should? I think we need to stop and smell the roses....
The UNC response to the amended notice of allegations by the NCAA is, sadly, a missed opportunity to demonstrate leadership against the corrupt quagmire of Big Time intercollegiate sports. In announcing the release of its...