Category: Spirituality
-
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…
-
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…
-
“Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus,” a cautionary tale
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – I really would like to say that it wasn't my fault – but I can't. I really can't. Four years ago on the weekend of the…
-
Living by John Wooden’s five-and-a-half-point creed
WHEN A GREAT MAN DIES, great words get written about him. Earlier this month, at the age of 99, a truly great man, John Wooden, died. The legendary coach of…
-
Mister Unmannerly’s Guide to all Manner of Mannerlessness
I HATE TO ADMIT IT but sometimes I read Miss Manners. (Of course, sometimes I read just about everything, so don't be too shocked.) I will tell you this: Miss…
-
Some (relatively) good news on the Gulf oil spill
FIRST OFF, LET ME STATE that I am not a petro-geologist or a marine biologist or an expert of any kind on the effects of petroleum on the ocean's flora…
-
Destroying diversity in order to save it
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT we would have learned this lesson in Vietnam, where a military officer once famously proclaimed that "we had to destroy the village in order to save…
-
Who hates Duke? Not me, certainly not me
HAVING BEEN A CAROLINA BASKETBALL FAN ever since Al Wood's senior season (which just so happened to be my first year in graduate school at UNC's illustrious School of Journalism…
-
Some players who have gone pro early
AS THE NEW SEMESTER BEGINS, my thoughts turn to today, January 15, the deadline for eligible college football players to declare for the National Football League draft. (Happily, for me,…
-
Sometimes it is good to lose — sometimes
WEB-ONLY SPECIAL FOR MY SPECIAL WEB-ONLY READERS IT IS GOOD TO LOSE — sometimes. No, this is not an article written to give small consolation to Wolfpack men's basketball fans…
garygaddy.com 