One on One: Cookbooks That Tell Stories
What North Carolina cookbook has sold the most copies? If you ask the folks at UNC Press they will...
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One on One: A Great Teacher Teaches On
When Julian Pleasants died September 7, North Carolina lost one of its most important academic and...
Read MoreOne on One: The Ugliest Word, or the Sweetest
Revenge. It may be the ugliest word in the English language. Or the sweetest when it describes a politician’s response to a perceived wrong. In 1984, after two terms as governor, Jim Hunt was running for the U.S. Senate seat...
Read MoreOne on One: Lessons From Famous and Ordinary People
What North Carolinians would you most like to be subject to a new biography? People whose lives are lessons or inspirations? My suggestions include the late Senator Robert Morgan, the late Governor Jim Holshouser, Erskine...
Read MoreOne on One: When Do We Change Names and History?
Last week the Raleigh City Council removed the historic designation of Wakestone, the former home of Josephus Daniels. That action is just one more reminder of North Carolina’s and the nation’s struggle to find agreement on what...
Read MoreOne on One: Deficit Alarm Bells
Why aren’t the alarm bells ringing? But the bells are ringing. Then why aren’t we listening? Here is one bell ringing true and clear. Writing in The New York Times last week, Alan Rappeport reported, “The United States federal...
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One on One: Best-Selling Crawdads
North Carolina likes to be number one — at everything. We declare ourselves to be “First in...
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