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One Girl's Fashion Dream

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Nov 1, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

Meet rising fashion designer Leigh LaVange. I’ve wanted to introduce Chapelboro readers to Leigh and showcase her designs ever since I started writing this column. I have this talent scout intuition that tells me big things are...

Top Screwups Doctors (and Politicians) Make

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 31, 2011 | D.G. Martin

What are the top screwups that politicians make? Joe and Terry Graedon, radio hosts of “The People’s Pharmacy,” have a new book, “Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them.” Could politicians and doctors be making the same...

iPads, Priuses and Neodymium

Posted by Jeff Danner | Oct 30, 2011 | Common Science

A common frame for discussing differences in culture between the United States and China is short-term versus long-term thinking. The theory is that we worry primarily about the next quarter or next year while the Chinese are...

The Republican nominee: It's going to be Rick Perry

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 25, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Don’t write off Rick Perry. You ask, why not? Because he is going to be the Republican nominee for President and will give Barack Obama a heck of a race next fall. You are laughing, aren’t you? If I had made this prediction six...

To The Editor: Candidate withdraws from CHCCS Board of Education race

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 20, 2011 | The Commentators

All concerned parties, As of October 19, 2011 I have officially withdrawn my candidacy for one of the seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. This message has been or will be sent to all of the Board...

To the Editor: Donna Bell for Council

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 20, 2011 | The Commentators

To the Editor: When deciding for whom to vote for local elected office, we look for brains and the guts to use them. Donna Bell has demonstrated on the Chapel Hill Town Council that she considers each issue in front of the...

The Saudi Arabia of Denial

Posted by Jeff Danner | Oct 20, 2011 | Common Science

“The United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal.” This claim has become routine for presidential candidates, including Rudy Giuliani, Rick Perry, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. There is some truth to this statement. The...

To The Editor: James Barrett School Board

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 19, 2011 | The Commentators

As I’ve gotten to know James Barrett and where he stands on the issues facing Chapel HIll-Carrboro schools, several things stand out. I know of his background working with Justice United on their education agenda. I know...

Autumn reading suggestions from North Carolina Bookwatch

Posted by D.G. Martin | Oct 17, 2011 | D.G. Martin

It is reading time again. So, courtesy of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, I have some autumn reading (and early Christmas gift) suggestions for your consideration. Charles Frazier’s new book “Nightwoods” will be on this...

Entropy and the Local Economy

Posted by Jeff Danner | Oct 16, 2011 | Common Science

Entropy is a word that is used far more often than it is understood. But if you want to understand how manufacturing activities drive economic growth differently than service functions, you need to understand entropy. So to get...

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