It’s Election Day – Start Fighting Already!
Election Day is here. Why are the candidates being so nice?!
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Blog-A-Day III: The Ten Best Movies Of The 1920s, Part One
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 3, 2013 | Aaron Keck
No, I’m not out of ideas already. I’ve been planning this movie list for months. Why do you ask?
Read MoreThe Physics of Your Fireplace
Posted by Jeff Danner | Nov 3, 2013 | Common Science
If you have a gas fireplace in your house, I have something surprising to tell you about it. The switch on the wall which turns on the flame is not connected to the electricity in your house. Understanding how this switch works...
Read MoreUPickEm 2013
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 2, 2013 | Aaron Keck
In which I try to predict the outcome of the 2013 election.
Read MoreBreakin’ It Down: NC State
Can the Tar Heels match their intensity?
Read MoreNaBloWriMo!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 1, 2013 | Aaron Keck
November is NaNoWriMo, but for my purposes I’m officially declaring it NaBLOWriMo. This is going to mean a *lot* of content…
Read MoreGo Gio, Go! Tar Heel Star Continues to ‘Wow’ in NFL
Posted by Staff | Nov 1, 2013 | Columns, Professional
But what is Gio authoring as an encore on this anniversary of ‘ The Return ‘ ?
Read MoreClean, Affordable Power Advances as Duke Energy Struggles
Posted by The Commentators | Nov 1, 2013 | The Commentators
This is Jim Warren. Long-predicted and hopeful changes are quickly occurring in the electric power industry – even as scientists and bizarre weather remind us that dramatic action is needed to avert irreversible climate and...
Read MoreTalking about Brain Damage at a Thursday Night Football Game
Posted by The Commentators | Oct 30, 2013 | The Commentators
This is Lew Margolis. The Thursday night football game in Chapel Hill may seem like ancient history, but as a teacher of public health and as one unsettled by the risks of brain trauma inherent in the game of football, my own...
Read More“Turn the tape recorder back on”
Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 30, 2013 | D.G. Martin
William Friday has been dead a year now, and we still don’t know how we are going to get along without him. He was a living monument to all that is, or was, right with our state. Optimism, confidence in the basic goodness of...
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