Category: Business

  • Just two songs away from Galax

    GALAX, Va. — No, this is not going to be one of those lame "What I Did Last Summer" essays like the ones you had to write on the first…

  • Biofuelishness: A darker shade of green

    SOMETIMES THE CURE is worse than the disease; sometimes the side effects are more deadly than the malady itself. I like the concept of renewable energy in general and converting…

  • The Top Ten Liszt

    (Special to GaryGaddy.com, a column heretofore unpublished, but now, available to my web-only readers only, at no additional cost.) A carefully and scientifically constructed compilation of the top Liszts in…

  • Rally to save what’s good in America

    RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT to lose faith in humanity, sometimes something happens that heartens you, restores your hope, makes you believe again. After reading in the papers day after day…

  • The world of illegal immigration

    I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS on illegal immigration. First, I am sympathetic with people who, out of necessity, immigrate illegally. In their shoes, I would have walked up here from…

  • UNC’s All-time All-airport Team

    WITH THE RETURN to UNC's men's basketball team of Wayne Ellington, Danny Green and Tywon Lawson, a team that includes all the players from last year's squad except for reserves…

  • NIMBY: Not in my backyard

    CHAPEL HILL — As my wife said to me, after I told her that I just found out that John Paul was heading the Glen Lennox Neighborhood Conservation District petition…

  • Recall of human race announced

    CHAPEL HILL — In what business analysts are calling a move unprecedented in the history of manufacturing, God today announced the immediate recall of all currently functioning human beings. The…

  • The Wreck of Old (Southern) 97

    DANVILLE. Va. — You may not have heard about it yet but Old 97 was involved in a wreck. By now you certainly should have because the train crash occurred…

  • “Sin” taxes or sensible taxes? Letter to the Editor

    I don't agree with Gov. Easley often, but on this I do. The governor's proposal for adding a very modest tax on alcoholic beverages is a very sensible way to…