Little Big Moments: Some Thoughts on Caregiving
I was moved by the recent Chapelboro feature about Piedmont Health and the Program of...
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Columns
Holding Court: Carolina’s Complete Defensive Collapse
In his 511 games as a head coach in the National Football League, Bill Belichick never saw one of his teams give up 48 or more points in a single contest.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: The Future That Is Present
I am finding it useful to think about today, the here and now, as the future that is present. It’s a notion that comes from my days teaching Creativity at Duke, 2002 to 2016. Early on I started asking students to think about their futures 20 years hence.
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One on One: Losing Our Grandchildren Before Finding Them Again
In some North Carolina houses, this is a time of empty rooms and empty spaces. Children, so long...
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This Just In: Summer’s End
This Just In – The heat has broken and the air feels crisp and fresh when a breeze comes through. Autumn is just under a month away, but it feels like we can see it from here.
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Little Big Moments: Wonder-pews
On Wednesday, I cried at the news of the school shooting at a church in Minneapolis. I cried in grief for the children and their families, but I also had tears of anger. Why do these school shootings keep happening?! I don’t know why.
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Holding Court: Belichick’s First UNC Opponent Provokes Inspiration, Perspiration
When North Carolina and TCU agreed to play a two-game football series almost a decade ago, in 2016, Larry Fedora was the head coach of the Tar Heels and Gary Patterson was the head coach of the Horned Frogs.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: 6 Creatively Entrepreneurial Types
During the last radio show with Charles Johnson, founder of The Bump Serum, I asked him to find his creative and entrepreneurial types using this framework.
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One on One: Where Does Our Garbage Go?
Where does our garbage go? After you take it out of your house into your bin and roll it to the curb, the garbage truck comes to get it and rolls on out of your neighborhood. But then where does it go?
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The South Orange Dispatch: How To End the Summer Safely
We’re heading into the last days of summer and the first days of school. Here are a few reminders on how to stay safe when enjoying some downtime or heading to class.
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