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North Carolina And The U.S. – Mexico border

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 28, 2015 | D.G. Martin

What does the 1,969-mile border between the United States and Mexico have to do with North Carolina? A North Carolina author delivers pages of answers in a book about his journey along the entire border, from Boca Chica in Texas...

Radon, A Fracking Risk I Previously Overlooked

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 26, 2015 | Common Science

Earlier this month, researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives detailing the increase in radon concentrations in homes in the state of Pennsylvania since 2004,...

Widen Estes Drive!

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 22, 2015 | The Commentators

When Betsy and I left a medical office in Cary recently, we found ourselves heading home on I-40 just after 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon. This is a punishment that only a mean-spirited judge would use as a sentence.

Is The Civil War Over?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 21, 2015 | D.G. Martin

One hundred and fifty years later, is the Civil War finally over? On Saturday, we will mark the 150th anniversary of the April 26, 1865 final surrender by Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston of approximately 90,000 troops to...

Common Science Fourth Anniversary

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 19, 2015 | Common Science

This week is the fourth anniversary of Common Science®. I published my first column, An Introduction to Your Host, on April 25, 2011 and last’s week’s column was my 200th. This means I have averaged 50 columns per year! Since...

William Powell, Dean of North Carolina History

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 17, 2015 | D.G. Martin

When UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Powell died last week at the age of 95, North Carolina lost its dean of history. With constant help and support from his wife Virginia, he authored countless books and articles,...

Brian Thornburg On Competing With Himself

Posted by Staff | Apr 15, 2015 | Columns

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“Better Than Nothing” Isn’t Good Enough

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 15, 2015 | The Commentators

Remember all the fanfare last spring surrounding the Ephesus-Fordham redevelopment plan? How the new zoning code was going to eliminate traffic congestion, solve our flooding problems, bring us new shopping opportunities, create lots of affordable housing, improve the town’s balance sheet, help us lose weight and spice up our sex lives?

Alvina Lyons On Supporting Teammates

Posted by Staff | Apr 15, 2015 | Columns

Alvina Lyons talks to Ron Stutts about the end of the Healthiest You Challenge, and about how she and her UNC Health Care teammates hope to continue to meet up long after the Challenge ends this week.

Five North Carolina Books

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 15, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Here are five recent books, starting with a novel featuring a thinly disguised Jesse Helms, by North Carolina authors to put on your bedside reading table. What is it really like to be the top aide to a powerful North Carolina...

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