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Voting for the devil?
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 14, 2016 | D.G. Martin
“You would vote for the devil if he were a Democrat, wouldn’t you?” Thus begins an old story that makes fun of an old-time party-loyal, “yellow-dog” Democrat. His friend was teasing him about his unwillingness ever to stray from...
Read MoreHow Do We Change After Orlando?
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 13, 2016 | Aaron Keck, Featured
Throughout our history, it has always been standard practice to demonize minority groups as a danger to public safety. We said black people were going to attack your wives and daughters. Immigrants were going to bring crime and...
Read MoreMotorists and Pedestrians Must Share Campus Roads
Posted by The Commentators | Jun 13, 2016 | The Commentators
Large black and yellow pedestrian crosswalk enforcement signs have appeared on campus warning drivers to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. Until we figure out ways to separate cars from pedestrians, however, I’d like to...
Read MoreThe Importance of Water Conservation
Posted by The Commentators | Jun 10, 2016 | The Commentators
How Do Developments Help Chapel Hill?
Posted by The Commentators | Jun 9, 2016 | The Commentators
It’s Time to Stop Bad Behavior at Public Meetings
Posted by The Commentators | Jun 8, 2016 | The Commentators
‘Affordable Housing’ is Workforce Housing
Posted by The Commentators | Jun 7, 2016 | The Commentators
One of the topics that we’ve heard a lot about recently is affordable housing. The towns and the county have discussed it a great deal and the media has given it a lot of coverage. If you ask people exactly what is...
Read MorePutting Trump aside; remembering Ali and Patt Derian
Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 7, 2016 | D.G. Martin
The death of Muhammad Ali last week took away Donald Trump’s monopoly of television news coverage, at least for a time. There was some irony, of course, as the “I am the greatest” clips from Ali replaced...
Read MoreWhat Has HB2 Accomplished?
Posted by The Commentators | Jun 6, 2016 | The Commentators
An earlier commentary claimed that the HB2 frenzy is subsiding just a little bit. https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/June/6/THE%20COMMENTATORS_JUNE%206th%20WES%20HARE-what%20is%20it%20that%20HB2%20actually%20did.mp3 I...
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