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Yes, We Have No Bananas

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 22, 2012 | Common Science

A business trip to Dubai this week has disrupted by Chapelboro 2050 series. I anticipated that Dubai would make great fodder for a Common Science blog illustrating the ephemeral nature of our illusion of constant growth and...

What will the Council do now?

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 20, 2012 | The Commentators

A dozen red roses to Dave Hare for the fine editorial in Sunday, January sixteen’s Chapel Hill News. Unless you are living under a rock, you have already heard about what happened on November 13… and now followed by Manager...

New Year's Style Resolutions

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jan 20, 2012 | The Fashion Plate

1) Purge Before You Splurge Closet cleansing time is upon us. New year, new you. Before you cash in all those gift cards to your favorite boutiques, it’s prudent to take inventory of your current wardrobe. It’s a...

Letter to the Editor

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 18, 2012 | The Commentators

At the Chapel Hill celebration honoring Dr. King Monday, a variety of speakers were invited to participate in the the town remembrance. This included Orange County Democratic Party Chairman, Matt Hughes, who used the opportunity...

Light rail for chapel hill is still a long way off

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 18, 2012 | The Commentators

The long awaited $1.4 Billion light rail transit line project that will span Chapel Hill and Durham is finally getting underway. But it could be another decade before the first rail is laid. That’s what came out of the...

Learning about North Carolina from a Favorite Mystery Writer

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

What is the best book I could read to learn about North Carolina? I get this question all the time from people who know about my interest in books about our state and those written by our great writers. My answer differs,...

Chapelboro 2050 Part II: A Farewell to Lawns

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 16, 2012 | Common Science

If you have been reading my blogs you will know that I expect a reduction in the amount of available energy per person to be the dominant factor in world events in coming decades. As energy becomes scarcer and, therefore, more...

An Open Letter to the Town Council

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

Re: About last night’s Council meeting, and my statement from last night, (Monday January 9) regarding the Yates incident. At the bottom of this message is the text from my statement last night, with a few additional lines...

Replacing elections with lotteries

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 9, 2012 | D.G. Martin

There has to be a better way. Some of us reached that conclusion after discussing the mess our congressional and legislative governing systems have come to. Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government...

Chapelboro 2050 Part I: Life on Two Wheels

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 9, 2012 | Common Science

In my final column of 2011, “A Year From Now You Will Wish You Had Started Today”, I summarized a number of significant and troubling trends in our energy and food supplies which I believe will dominate global events over the...

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