Category: Spirituality
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Learning the Goldsmith Variations
FRED GOLDSMITH, you may or may not remember, was the head football coach at Duke from 1994 to 1998. We commemorate this month the 10th anniversary of his firing. Goldsmith…
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Satan goes out at the “top of his game”
DURHAM — Satan announced today that he is stepping down immediately as the primary force for evil in this world. No word has been given on any of his possible…
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Bad blood: A blue blood feud
I HATE TO OPEN OLD WOUNDS — but, hey, we are heading fast into basketball season — and I always was bad about picking at a scab. When two of…
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Ford Announces Water-Powered Automobile
DETROIT — The Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with Hydrolytics, Inc., announced today that they have produced, in an unprecedented engineering feat, a water-powered car that could end America's dependence…
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Chapel Hill’s “gift” to Williamsburg
WHEN THE FORMER DEAN of the School of Law at the University of North Carolina was hired as president of the College of William and Mary, I said to my…
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Brady benched; Bundchen in Super Bowl
AS OVER ONE BILLION EXPECTED VIEWERS await the coin toss, inside sources with the New England Patriots reported today that reigning league MVP quarterback Tom Brady will not play in…
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America’s best anti-poverty program
HEAD UP TOWARDS HILLSBOROUGH (just about up to I-85), or over towards Durham (just across I-40), and you will find something quite interesting. It is a privately owned, nationally operated…
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Claus arrested in “Baby Jesus plot”
CHAPEL HILL — On Wednesday, following the culmination of a months-long racketeering investigation, agents from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation arrested Santa "Knicky" Claus on a charge of…
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Honky’s: “Just like eating at home”
AMONG THE PLETHORA OF ETHNIC RESTAURANTS in the greater Chapel Hill/ Carrboro area, one would be hard pressed to find even a sliver of space that hasn't long ago been…
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Jesus: I am not coming back
CHAPEL HILL – Just as the Christmas shopping season was beginning, a damper has come down on the holiday's festive spirit, as Jesus announced Wednesday that he is canceling his…