Little Big Moments: Teachers Rock
I love that students and community members have declared “Teachers Rock” by recognizing individuals from elementary schools to UNC and from public to home schools.
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Columns
Holding Court: Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup Contenders, Again
Eight years ago, the Carolina Hurricanes were considered among the most downtrodden franchises in the National Hockey League. Now they’re viewed as one of the favorites for hockey’s ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: A Plea for Freedom
This week’s guest is Ray Hackney, talking about his new novel, ‘A Plea for Freedom.’ Ray grew up hearing stories about his great-great-great-great grandfather, Daniel Asbuy, who had accompanied Daniel Boone as they explored Kentucky, and those family stories inspired this book.
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Bottom Line With Brad: Taxes
We’ve all got strong opinions on taxes. I certainly do, too. It’s hard to even write about the topic objectively, but as taxes are the single biggest expense most people will incur in their lives, it’s important for financial literacy purposes to address them.
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The Governor’s Column: Keeping North Carolina Strong
North Carolinians have achieved a lot to make us proud. We’re the top state for business, economic development, and workforce development, and we announced more jobs here last year than any year in history.
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Little Big Moments: Old What’s-His-Name
Years ago, I had a friend who had reached the age when many people start to lose the names of things. Sometimes, the object would be close at hand, like “windshield” or “coaster,” and I could supply the word when he touched it.
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This Just In: But Seriously Folks
This Just In — For the time being, I leave aside the widespread, alarming skepticism regarding the authenticity of the shooting incident at last Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. We’ve got bigger fish to fry.
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Holding Court: As His Roster Comes Into Focus, 2 Keys for Malone’s UNC Debut
A handful of things already have come into focus regarding the 2026-27 North Carolina basketball team, the program’s first under new head coach Michael Malone.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: The Aging Brain
In this week’s episode I shared neuroscience research projects that identified and explored the biological changes that occur in our brains as we move from our 50’s into our 60’s.
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Straight Edge Finance: Buying at Peaks
When discussing capital markets we often talk about not wanting to buy at the top or sell at the bottom, while noting that paradoxically one never knows when the actual tops and bottoms are, except retrospectively. Which is absolutely true.
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