Category: Business
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Today’s time and money saver: The generic celebrity news
READERS MAY WISH TO CLIP this special special-edition column and save it to read every week, or even every day if necessary, as it allows an individual to keep up…
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Facing up to Facebook: Won’t you be my friend?
I AM GETTING SOCIALIZED. Over the last months I have become expert in the new social media such as Tweeter, MyFace and Spacebook. [Excuse me for a second.] I'm sorry.…
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The Christmas Story, the North Carolina edition
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON, I thought I would share my column space with my wife's cousin, Bobo Herring, who is from Traphill over in Wilkes County up in…
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UNC players Austin and Quinn reinstated for bowl
CHAPEL HILL — In an unprecedented decision, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has reinstated former University of North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin and defensive end Robert Quinn, who had…
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Wit and wisdom attributed to Winston Churchill
THIS WEEK, 136 YEARS AGO, on November 30, 1874 to be exact, one of the great men, historians and wordsmiths of the past century was born. Winston Churchill served as…
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State of California to be sold to China to pay debt
Apologies again to my readers. Due to preparations for an upcoming family reunion, I have not had the time or energy to write my regular column. In its place, I…
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I’d like for you to meet my friend Skipper
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, maybe three or four years old, and our family was living on Marshall Terrace in Danville, Virginia, my best friend was named Paul. (We called him…
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I wuz robbed! (Yeah, and so wuz the robbers!)
I was in a convenience store recently when it was robbed. Even sitting here at my computer I can see the frightened look in your eyes. No, it wasn't a…
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Names in the news: Orange community spotlight
Due to comments from my editor, Dan "Oh, by the" Way, "suggesting" that I was not putting enough "Local" in my Local Voices column, this week's column is entirely local.…
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Unemployment needed at the Unemployment Office
I KNOW THE OFFICIAL NAME is the Employment Security Commission, but everywhere I have ever lived, everyone, without a hint of sarcasm, calls it the Unemployment Office – because that…
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