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Water Part V: When Oil and Water Mix

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 30, 2012 | Common Science

April 24 was the one-year anniversary for Common Science. I’ve covered a wide variety of topics including, lightning, cells phones, bananas, and even neodymium. The topic I have touched on the most has been the impending...

Hillsborough author’s book is 'superior' to 'The Help'

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 28, 2012 | D.G. Martin

“…‘The Dry Grass of August’ is a superior book to ‘The Help,’ even if it doesn’t sell three million copies.” So writes Christina Bucher in the North Carolina Literary Review about “The Dry Grass of August.” Hillsborough’s...

Support and Protect Diversity

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 27, 2012 | The Commentators

You probably already know that it takes a village to raise a child. But did you know that the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School District is recommending turning one of its best known and best loved little villages, Frank Porter...

Kindergarten Parents: Register for Chinese by May 31

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 26, 2012 | The Commentators

If you are a parent of a rising kindergarten parent in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) district, please note that CHCCS is still accepting applications to the outstanding and innovative Chinese dual language...

Turn Them Down Carolina Flats

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 24, 2012 | The Commentators

Monday night, the Town Council will be reviewing a request to re-zone the corner of MLK/Historic Airport Road and Estes Drive. The project, named “Carolina Flats,” proposes to develop this tract of land with a four...

The pain of losing a town's only factory

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 23, 2012 | D.G. Martin

“You ain’t never going to understand until you’ve been through it.” Politicians from the president on down will hear this plaintive statement when they campaign in North Carolina this year. It will happen when they...

Another Piece of the Fracking Puzzle

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 23, 2012 | Common Science

First a quick note. Loyal readers will know that I generally publish every Sunday evening. The steady routine suits my nature. I had to leave town unexpectedly on the 13th and have just returned. Therefore, I did not...

UNC professor who writes about the struggle lived it in Chapel Hill

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 19, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Wouldn’t it be great if Carolina had a professor of African American history who actually lived through the Civil Rights struggles and the desegregation of the public schools? Wouldn’t it be even better if that professor...

The Primary of All Primaries – Still Not Over

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 16, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Early voting is under way this week in North Carolina’s primary elections. So far there is not much excitement. Sixty-two years ago we had a much different primary and run-off election experience. Voters came out in record...

The ‘OMG Rule’ For Political, Economic And Social Etiquette

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 14, 2012 | The Commentators

You know, it suddenly struck me recently that we don’t need complicated definitions for competing political, economic and social philosophies to determine how we should interact when living and working together in a community, a...

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