Category: Spirituality
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Christian extremism in action
This is a column that I didn't publish at the time of a horrific event in Pennsylvania five years ago. I am not sure why I didn't but I thought…
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How a gracious Jeff Saturday found the light
LIKE "THE PURLOINED LETTER" in the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, offensive linemen like Jeff Saturday are hidden in plain sight. Every snap of the football that goes to…
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Pick your apocalypse; don’t wait ’til it’s too late
WE LIVE, I WOULD CONTEND, in the era of the apocalypse, meaning the end of life as we know it. Whether one will soon come to pass, of that I…
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High class, low class or no class: A quiz
The high-class, low-class or no-class quiz, also known as the Chapel Hill, Carrboro or Northern Orange County location test, is presented today to help my readers assess their social standing…
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Cisco/Crisco merger to produce slickest high-tech yet
SAN JOSE, Calif. and ORRVILLE, Oh. — Cisco Systems®, the leading supplier of networking equipment and Crisco® Oils and Shortenings, a spin-off from the J.M. Smucker Company, announced today the…
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UNC hires Graham to head new Department of Irreligion
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina is set to hire William Franklin Graham III as the founding director of what is believed to be the nation's first department…
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Top of the Pops: A pop music pop quiz (’60s edition)
Question: What '60s song, made popular by which group, gained most of it fame from its mysteriously vulgar lyrics and was supposedly recorded just after its lead singer had dental…
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Sicily: I say if ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it
A COUPLE OF OCTOBERS AGO my sweet wife and I had the opportunity to travel to Sicily for a vacation, so we took it. We were invited by my step-daughter's…
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What’s new in the news: The bottom eight for 2010
News you may have missed in 2010. You tell me which are fact and which are fiction. Playmate "overexposed" by TSA LOS ANGELES — Former Playboy Playmate Donna D'Errico —…
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The sentimental cynic: New Year’s resolved
THIS IS WHAT I SAID: "My New Year's resolution this year is to have no New Year's resolution." Well, that didn't work. All the major American holidays have some bad…
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