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New books and a new Bookwatch

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 1, 2011 | D.G. Martin

UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch begins a new season on Friday, August 5, at 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 7, at 5 p.m. My editors let me share with you my reading suggestions. They know that the suggestions parallel exactly...

Our Towing Economy

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 29, 2011 | The Commentators

Guest Column by Mike Harris I usually ride my bike around town, but on Wednesday July 20, the bike needed some adjustments, so I had to strap it to the back of my Honda Accord and drive up Franklin to The Bicycle Chain. After...

Welcome to the Greenhouse

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 29, 2011 | Common Science

Loyal readers will have noticed that I skipped last week’s blog entry as my family and I were on summer vacation. I don’t normally post on Fridays, but when I woke up this morning and heard that the forecasted high temperatures...

North Carolina’s British Queen

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 26, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Here is a North Carolina history question: Which North Carolina counties were named in honor of women? Dare, of course, in honor of Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in America. Wake was named for Margaret...

Stop Speed Bumps!

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 21, 2011 | The Commentators

Guest Column by Eric Plow In spite of a bad economy, dwindling tax revenues, and unmanageable fiscal debt, cities and towns all over the US have passed bonds (translation: borrowing money) to install thousands of speed bumps,...

Why I Support Butch Davis… and the Right to Other Opinions

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

Guest Column by Barry Leffler Butch Davis should remain the Head Football Coach at Carolina. Until it is proven Davis knew about John Blake and his egregious wrongdoings… the coach should stay right where he is leading the...

The Civil Rights Revolution—inside and on the ground

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 19, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Do you remember seeing photos of the 50th anniversary reunion of the Civil War battle at Gettysburg? Aging veterans from both sides of that war gathered to remember together the horrors of the battle and to celebrate their...

Summer Fashion Trends in Full Force…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jul 18, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

It’s hot out there! So cool off at the mall and take advantage of the sales that have started and will continue into August at area retailers. Here are five summer fashion trends in full force. Feathers – Fashion pays...

Fun with Fritz and Carl

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jul 17, 2011 | Common Science

When I travel around Orange County I am heartened to see all of the farms. If you have been reading my blog you will know that I believe that areas, like ours, with compact towns surrounded by productive fields are going to...

Fiction tells the truth about North Carolina’s changing rural landscape

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 12, 2011 | D.G. Martin

We have changed. More urban. Less rural and farming. At least that is what the latest Census is telling us. But the story is more complicated. It is more interesting, too. Out in the formerly all-rural counties of our state, new...

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