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Back in the Kitchen

Posted by Staff | Aug 31, 2011 | Uncategorized

The second episode of KITCHEN POLITICS, an occasional public affairs video broadcast hosted by Hampton Dellinger, is ready for viewing (just click on the screen below). In this episode, Public Policy Polling director Tom Jensen...

Basketball and the small cracks in the wall of segregation

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 30, 2011 | D.G. Martin

The best thing about the new movie and best-selling book, “The Help,” may be something other than the compelling story and the view into the relationships between white women and their black servants. So what is this “best...

How to Catch A Case of "Spirit"

Posted by Staff | Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized

As I learned in my recent radio interview with him, Rev. Haywood Holderness is not a man with outspoken opinions until you ask him if it is our responsibility to feed each other. Suddenly this gentle giant gets fired up and if...

The Universal Fantasy of Football

Posted by Staff | Aug 26, 2011 | Uncategorized

Fantasy Football has seen a drastic increase in popularity in recent years and has left some outsiders wondering, “Where is the ‘Fantasy,’ anyway?” The answer is that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Casual players see...

Compare & Contrast

Posted by Staff | Aug 26, 2011 | Uncategorized

I’d like to begin by torturing Charles Dickens: “It was the best of service and the worst of service…” Yes, I’m on my customer service soapbox again and before I tell you my latest Tale of Two Services, I want to explain...

3 Tips to be Happier or Make Someone Else Happy Now

Posted by Staff | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized

For many of us, happiness is like a unicorn, something exquistly beautiful that is just beyond our reach. Whether it is more money, a more supportive family, a healthier body, or fill in the blank with your personal desire, many...

Deems May reply to Dr. Harmon

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 18, 2011 | The Commentators

Dear Dr. Harmon, Your August 12 opinion published by Chapelboro.com in response to my feelings of Coach Davis’ firing, indicated that my letter “could not have hit further from the intended mark.” I must respectfully disagree by...

In the shadow of Cold Mountain, a real Inman

Posted by D.G. Martin | Aug 16, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Driving south on Lake Logan Road, in the Pigeon River Valley and the shadow of Cold Mountain, headed towards Inman’s Chapel the other day, I could not help wondering whether or not the Inman in Charles Frazier’s “Cold Mountain”...

Another T.W.O Cents Response to: "A Letter to Deems May"

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 15, 2011 | The Commentators

This T.W.O. Cents column is in response to “A Letter to Deems May.” Dear Dr. Harmon: You first make the argument that “Reasonable People” care about the University and not what Deems does or who he is. By making...

In Response to "A Letter to Deems May"

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 14, 2011 | The Commentators

I, too, am a graduate of UNC. I find Dr. Harmon’s letter to Deems May interesting, at best, and honestly he makes a couple of legitimate points. My question to the good Dr. would be why he fails to mention that Butch Davis, as...

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