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Amendment One: All You Need Is Love

Posted by The Commentators | May 22, 2012 | The Commentators

Orange County voted against Amendment One. But it wasn’t enough. Even though a couple of weeks have passed, the pain still lingers. I know. I have friends who effectively have been told by the State of North Carolina they may...

425 years apart, two real estate promoters pick the same spots

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 21, 2012 | D.G. Martin

What does a resort real estate sales brochure have to do with Sir Walter Raleigh and with the Lost Colony that disappeared from North Carolina’s coastland 425 years ago? The colorful brochure that was delivered to my house last...

Fracking, What NPR Left Out

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 21, 2012 | Common Science

As I noted on the Common Science® Twitter feed, NPR is in the middle of a week-long series on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). It’s good to see them catching up with us. Then in the midst of NPR’s usual high-quality science...

Frank Porter Graham School Should Be Applauded, Not Dismantled

Posted by The Commentators | May 17, 2012 | The Commentators

My name is Carroll Scott, and I am the mom of a 2nd grader at Frank Porter Graham Elementary. My son started the year in 1st grade, but the outstanding teachers and staff at FPG recognized that he was not being challenged and...

Great reviews for Baldwin’s new book; brings back buzz for his first

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 16, 2012 | D.G. Martin

While we were getting ready for out primary elections last week, the people of France elected a new president. Out with Nicolas Sarkozy, in with the Socialist Francois Hollande. Who can explain to us what it means and why we...

Dual Language: More Than One Option

Posted by The Commentators | May 15, 2012 | The Commentators

This is Andrew Davidson and I’m a member of the School Improvement Team at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, where I have a second grader and a rising kindergartener. The revised Dual-Language proposal put before our...

How did God vote on Amendment 1?

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 14, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Where was God in all this, really? North Carolinians heard God speaking in contradictory voices during the weeks leading up to the vote on May 8 when voters approved Amendment 1, which added to the state constitution a provision...

Yes This Really is a Column About Phosphorous

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 14, 2012 | Common Science

I cannot overemphasize the importance of phosphorus not only to agriculture and soil conservation but also to the physical health and economic security of the people of the Nation. Many of our soil types are deficient in...

Chapel Hill 2020 Just Might Be Truly Democratic

Posted by The Commentators | May 10, 2012 | The Commentators

I am suspicious of towns that claim to be “truly democratic.” In my experience that means that the influential people get to negotiate how they’ll use everyone’s resources. Sure, there is “input” from the public, but...

Bad For Business

Posted by The Commentators | May 8, 2012 | The Commentators

Today, North Carolinians go to the polls to vote in a primary election. You may never have voted in a primary before, or maybe never voted in any election, or maybe you don’t claim any political party. But today all North...

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