Month: May 2010
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The freedom to “Choose Life” — or perhaps not
I RECENTLY GOT a specialized license plate for my car. The special plate I chose has an interlocking “N” and “C” on it, but there are also plates honoring, and…
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The Gulf oil spill disaster: Who is to blame?
FOLLOWING THE RECENT EXPLOSION and oil-pipe rupture at the British Petroleum drilling platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama, in an unusual display of emotion, said, “I…
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College basketball, the season now under review
JUST AS THIS WAS THE SEASON where college basketballdom discovered the wonderful innovation of stopping every game with 14 minutes left to go in the first half to spend several…
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Our new state song, I hope: Carolina in the Fall
NORTH CAROLINA NEEDS A NEW STATE SONG. Our old one (Remember it? Didn’t think so.) is, well, old and, at best, forgettable. (Although my lovely and talented wife could, when…