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Re: Community is bigger than Neighborhood

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 11, 2012 | The Commentators

The recent commentary by Kristen Smith was deeply offensive to this longtime neighborhood advocate and also quite silly. Fixated on the Olympics, she seemed oblivious to their central purpose: competition. When she exhorted us...

The Lost Colony, Blackbeard, the Wright Brothers and who?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 11, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Who was North Carolina’s greatest civil-rights hero? Hundreds, even thousands, of North Carolinians in the 1960’s can claim hero status. But their quest for justice and equality were inspired by men and women who...

Voting on Transit: What's at Stake

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 10, 2012 | The Commentators

I served on the Chapel Hill Town Council from 1973 to 1979, and under the leadership of then Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee and Terry Lathrop, assisted to help pass the 1974 referendum when Chapel Hill voters, by a 2 to 1 margin,...

Feeling for Obama

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 8, 2012 | D.G. Martin

I know how Obama feels. Or in the words of the acknowledged champion debater and explainer, Bill Clinton, “I feel his pain.” Why and how can I make such a claim? Because I was a political candidate who had the opportunity to...

Why This is an Important Year to Get Your Flu Shot

Posted by Jeff Danner | Oct 8, 2012 | Common Science

Given that last fall I wrote a four-part series on influenza and the human immune system, you can probably guess that this is a topic that fascinates me. (If you would like to go back and read it, here are the links, Part I,...

Wear Summer Favorites Into Fall

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Oct 5, 2012 | The Fashion Plate

As the calendar flips into fall, now is the perfect time to squeeze a little more life out of our favorite summer styles…without getting the shivers once the cooler air arrives. Read on for a few ways to create fall looks...

Community is bigger than Neighborhood

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 4, 2012 | The Commentators

It was just a few months ago that we watched world class athletes from over 200 countries compete in London on an international stage called the Olympics. Although folks disagreed on the tape delay and maybe on a few gymnastics...

Writing about what keeps you up at night

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 4, 2012 | D.G. Martin

What is it about our families that brings love and hate so close together? How can siblings go for years without speaking to each other? You know folks who are estranged tragically from the very people who could and should be...

Call the blowhards' bluff

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 3, 2012 | The Commentators

I really don’t understand anyone — Carolina fan or otherwise — who acts surprised by any of the things we’ve learned over the last two years regarding academics and athletics at UNC. Now that Holden Thorp...

I still hope for change in the district

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 2, 2012 | The Commentators

Dear Chapel Hill/Carrboro Community, As a longstanding teacher in this district, I wanted to say goodbye to you. The Superintendent and School Board dismissed me last week, which was sad to me on many levels. Chapel...

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