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Hero on the Wrong Side of History

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 28, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Can Atticus Finch still be our hero? After Harper Lee, who created the saintly Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has now given disturbing details about him in her newly released book, “Go Set a Watchman”? We learned through the...

Missing Microbes Part IV: Epilogue

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 26, 2015 | Common Science

This is the conclusion of my four-part review of Missing Microbes, How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling our Modern Plagues, by Dr. Martin Blaser, head of the Human Microbiome Research Project at New York University. Part I...

Why We Can’t Take Chapel Hill’s Greenways for Granted

Posted by Staff | Jul 23, 2015 | The Commentators

Recently, WCHL aired a Commentators opinion piece from a Chapel Hill resident upset about a project near her neighborhood. Was it a highway, new McMansions, or some big box store they were building? No. The project that upset...

Finding Food and Human Fellowship at the Haymont Grill

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 21, 2015 | D.G. Martin

What is more important than politics and books? These two are often the topics of my weekly column, but many things are more important. Including food, and the human fellowship that accompanies it. These two topics will be...

Cool Styles for a Hot Summer

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jul 21, 2015 | The Fashion Plate

Summer fashion forecast: Lots of soft breezy styles with a 100% chance of fun prints. And summer is still in full swing, especially in our Southern Part of Heaven! This summer season it’s all about lightening up your wardrobe...

Earth to Art Chansky: It Wasn’t About the Women

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 21, 2015 | The Commentators

Editor’s note: Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook on July 14th was about UNC Coach Sylvia Hatchell. Chansky followed with a longer Art’s Angle on the subject of Coach Hatchell on July 15th. The commentary below...

Missing Microbes Part III: Potential Solutions

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 19, 2015 | Common Science

This is Part III of IV of my review of Missing Microbes, How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling our Modern Plagues, by Dr. Martin Blaser, head of the Human Microbiome Research Project at New York University. Part I explained...

Dulce et Decorum, Silent Sam?

Posted by Staff | Jul 14, 2015 | Guest Column

Editor’s note: This essay was published in the magazine Chronicles in February, 1988. A few small changes have been changed to bring it up to date. One of the most moving war memorials I ever saw was on a wall outside the...

Trump and Buncombe

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 14, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Would North Carolinians ever vote to elect Donald Trump or somebody like him? We did once. When we did, we proved that North Carolinians, like voters across America, can be attracted to tough-talking candidates who challenge the...

Missing Microbes Part II: The Plague of our Times

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 12, 2015 | Common Science

This is Part II of my four-part series reviewing the key issues covered in Missing Microbes, How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling our Modern Plagues, by Martin J. Blaser, MD. In Part I, I explained that the human body has...

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