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In the shadow of Cold Mountain, a real Inman

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 16, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Driving south on Lake Logan Road, in the Pigeon River Valley and the shadow of Cold Mountain, headed towards Inman’s Chapel the other day, I could not help wondering whether or not the Inman in Charles Frazier’s “Cold Mountain”...

Another T.W.O Cents Response to: "A Letter to Deems May"

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 15, 2011 | The Commentators

This T.W.O. Cents column is in response to “A Letter to Deems May.” Dear Dr. Harmon: You first make the argument that “Reasonable People” care about the University and not what Deems does or who he is. By making...

In Response to "A Letter to Deems May"

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 14, 2011 | The Commentators

I, too, am a graduate of UNC. I find Dr. Harmon’s letter to Deems May interesting, at best, and honestly he makes a couple of legitimate points. My question to the good Dr. would be why he fails to mention that Butch Davis, as...

To Frack or Not to Frack?

Posted by Jeff Danner | Aug 14, 2011 | Common Science

On July 19th, 400 people assembled in the Fearrington barn for an event called Fracking Bewareness to hear a cautionary message about the potential to drill for natural gas in North Carolina using a technique called hydraulic...

A Letter to Deems May

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 12, 2011 | The Commentators

Dear Deems, Your August 01 letter published by InsideCarolina.com could not have been further from the intended mark. The subject should have been the University of North Carolina, but it was Deems May. Your letter included...

Don't Drive Angry

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 9, 2011 | The Commentators

When I first moved to Carrboro in 2003 I was so impressed by this community’s patience and decorum on the roads. Having moved from Washington DC, where I was born and raised, I was accustomed to a far more aggressive scene. I...

Hope for our “contentious and fitful process”

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 9, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Did anything good come out of last week’s resolution of the debt limit crisis? Well, maybe. But it was hard to find it in those first few days after the last-minute legislation passed, promising reductions in spending and...

Electricity Production 101

Posted by Jeff Danner | Aug 8, 2011 | Common Science

Making electricity is easy. You take a coil of wire, you spin it near a strong magnet and you get electricity. Getting the coil to spin is, oddly, the more challenging part. I’ll explain this below, but first let’s talk about my...

Thorp and the Football Coach

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 3, 2011 | The Commentators

Prior to last Wednesday evening, I was one among a group of friends who had struggled, deeply troubled with the drumbeat of news about the UNC football program. It was not about the gridiron prospects of the coming season, but...

Ask The Fashion Plate…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Aug 3, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

August finds us planning, dreaming about or actually taking that last summer vacation. It’s a huge travel month with beach weeks both exotic and local, destination weddings, mission trips and hometown visits with family and...

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