Past Rhymes With Present Times: Trumpism and Reactionary Radicalism
Often attributed to Mark Twain — perhaps mistakenly, since no historical source shows he actually...
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Columns
Bottom Line With Brad: Getting Back on Track
My office, and all the items in it, have a story to tell. I sit at former Treasurer Harlan Boyles’ desk – it reminds me of the legacy of stewardship of our state’s finances that I must live up to.
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This Just In: Happy New Year!
This Just In — If your family gatherings over the holidays were anything at all like mine, well …...
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Little Big Moments: Putting Your Ear to the Conch Shell
After my parents were revealed as the tooth fairy and Santa Claus, I still held the belief that the ocean was inside a conch shell, even when I pressed my ear to the shell back at home in Raleigh.
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Holding Court: After Years as Arizona Backup, Veesaar Finding Stardom at UNC
During his first three months in a North Carolina uniform, Veesaar has started all 15 of the Tar Heels’ games, helped his new team to a Top 25 national ranking, firmly established himself as a prominent All-Atlantic Coast Conference candidate.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: Fierce Cynicism, Radical Naïveté
I was considering writing a book that would take on the ambitiously important challenge of offering political and community leadership new ways to serve us, a book acknowledging that current political language has been so weaponized as to be useless.
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Never Too Far: What’s Not to Like about Cahuita?
As a relatively new expatriate to the amazing country of Costa Rica, I am beyond elated to have been divinely directed to this beautiful land.
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Little Big Moments: Things I’d Like to Learn in the New Year
With a new year comes an opportunity to reflect on what the past one provided. As 2026 begins, here’s a list of things I’d like to learn over the course of the next year — some practical, some fun, each rewarding in its own way.
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Exploring Your Creative Genius: Good Dog(s)
Exploring Your Creative Genius: Episode 143...
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Little Big Moments: Little Drummer Girl
My eight-year-old daughter asked for a drum for Christmas, a snare with a strap around her shoulder so that she could march around the house and through the neighborhood. This brought a Christmas carol to mind.
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