Category: Local
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Suit filed against Chapel Hill nuttiness
CHAPEL HILL — The Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has filed suit against the Town of Chapel Hill, demanding that they "cease and desist all acts and activities which promulgate…
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Fascists and free-speech fiascos
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH news coverage it received, but on Tuesday April 14th, my wife and I attended an event on the University of North Carolina campus. We came…
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Airlift to stem EU population collapse
BRUSSELS — In the wake of the crisis meeting of the European Union's Population Board, EU ministers have called on the United States to begin an emergency airlift of "population…
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Oh that championship feeling!
A CHAMPIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY a national championship — when the adrenalin wears off, when the euphoria recedes — brings about moments of quiet reflection. Such as, this Tar Heel senior class…
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Why Jesus didn’t say what he said
JESUS MAY HAVE SAID lots of things — but we have no clue what they are — at least that's what University of North Carolina religion professor Bart Ehrman's books…
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McCain-Palin sighted in Carrboro
CARRBORO — The town of Carrboro has issued a special bulletin alerting citizens to be on the lookout for light-colored passenger vehicle, a late model foreign import, probably a Honda…
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Commissioner for a day, at least
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU but I have been watching way too much basketball lately — which has the side effect for me of evoking my guy-like tendency to fix…
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What it was was baskey-ball
YOU MAY REMEMBER last fall I gave up my regular column's space to my wife's cousin Bobo Herring from Traphill up in the Brushy Mountains so he could report to…
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Spittin’ distance down Tobacco Road
THE FORMULA FOR A RIVALRY is quite simple: The intensity of rivalry is multiplicative, combining the inverse of distance times density times elevation times frequency. This equation explains why the…
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Neutered Dictionary’s release postponed
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina Press announced today that the scheduled release of "The Roy Williams Dictionary of Neutered Synonyms: Inexplicit Interjections, Adjectives, Adverbs and Gerunds" has…
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