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I love TV. I hate the inefficiency, expense and frustration that comes with a cable service. Hence why we’ve cancelled our cable and become a Netflix / Hulu Plus household! Huzzah! How TV actually works: – Sign a...
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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...
Read MoreBasketball 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...
Read MoreHow 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreCompare & 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...
Read More3 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...
Read MoreDeems 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...
Read MoreIn 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”...
Read MoreAnother 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...
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