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2014 Predictions Part II: The Negative

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 12, 2014 | Common Science

Last week I set out my predictions for five positive science and technology news stories that I am expecting in 2014. This week I’ve got predictions for four negative ones. As with last week, each prediction begins with an...

Ninety Is The New Sixty

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 8, 2014 | D.G. Martin

Famed Chapel Hill author Elizabeth Spencer has proved a North Carolina rule again. “Ninety is the new 60.” Or 50. Spencer, like academic leader William Friday and historian John Hope Franklin a few years earlier, shows that the...

2014 Predictions Part I: The Postive

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 5, 2014 | Common Science

I decided to kick off the year with my predictions about what I expect to be the most significant science stories of 2014 – five predictions for positive stories this week and five negative ones next week. Each topic...

Millions More for Coliseums

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 3, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Lew Margolis. So now we have learned that officials at UNC are engaged in serious discussions about major renovations to the Smith Center or even the construction of a new arena. Before the cranes are erected and the...

Two Important Political Leaders Not To Forget

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 1, 2014 | D.G. Martin

When politics is the topic, there is always more to talk about. So it is with the book on North Carolina politics that was the subject of a recent column. I keep going back to East Carolina University Professor Tom Eamon’s The...

How We Got Where We Are At In North Carolina Politics

Posted by D.G. Martin | Dec 24, 2013 | D.G. Martin

Just in time for the new year, a new book puts modern North Carolina politics in perspective. The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics from Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory, by East Carolina University Professor Tom...

Common Science 2013 Index

Posted by Jeff Danner | Dec 22, 2013 | Common Science

Below is my third annual index for Common Science on Chapelboro.com. I’d like to thank my readers for their support and for all of the interesting questions I have received from you at commonscience@chapelboro.com. Just...

New Books For Holiday Giving And Viewing

Posted by D.G. Martin | Dec 18, 2013 | Arts & Entertainment, D.G. Martin

Are you missing the right gifts for some important people on your shopping list? There is help from some of the best and most popular North Carolina-connected storytellers, whose new books might be lifesavers for you. And your...

Smog, The Desolation of Shanghai

Posted by Jeff Danner | Dec 15, 2013 | Common Science

The news last week contained many pictures like the one above of a monumental smog enveloping the city of Shanghai, China. The smog resulted in many problems: construction projects were halted, public events were cancelled, and...

Oakes: Roy’s Remarks – UK Game No Big Deal?

Posted by Staff | Dec 13, 2013 | Basketball, Columns

“Nowadays, it’s not as important as it was five years ago, 10 years ago, and 20 years ago. In those times, you didn’t see these kinds of match-ups. Now with the tournaments going on, you see these kinds of match-ups in exempt...

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