Month: February 2007

  • ACC intellectualizes athletic schedule

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — Under continuing criticism that it “overemphasizes athletics,” the Atlantic Coast Conference has decided to add chess, bridge, crosswords and sudoku to its roster of public competitions. ACC…

  • Leaving our state’s education to chance

    Most of my columns to this point have been about various aspects of sport. This column is also about one of my very favorite sports: government bashing. Just like when…

  • Fair or Unfair? A John Edwards Quiz

    Many claims have been made concerning Chapel Hill’s very own John Edwards, one of the leading prematurely announced candidates for the Democrat nomination for the presidency of the United States…

  • My next job? North Carolina State House Historian

    Sometimes we just don’t know God’s plans for our lives but we still feel like we are being prepared for something bigger. I have often wondered during my arduous two-…