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Civil rights meets the silver screen

j1ezlx89 Historians hate Hollywood. Movie makers see history merely as backdrop for their tales of hard-boiled cops and boys-meet-girls. Published: Mar. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

Getting back to basics

We all know that there are several ways to lose weight, but maintaining your weight loss over the long-term can be challenging. Published: Mar. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

Cell tower fight: It could happen to you

Since 1994, residents of the Sunrise/Whitfield Road neighborhood have fought to keep cell towers from sullying our landscape. Published: Mar. 1, 2010 5:00 PM | Full story

Rhetoric makes answers harder to find

Ibruprofen quick! Inflammatory writing is back! Published: Feb. 24, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

Library more than books

I have reviewed a lot of letters on the expansion of our library. Many writers want it known that they are a fan of books, but they don't want to pay more taxes. Published: Feb. 18, 2010 10:52 AM | Full story

Give a lasting gift this Feb. 14

Sunday is not only Valentine's Day but National Donor Day. Published: Feb. 10, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

This commercial could be hazardous to your couch

Someone said that if a Martian tried to determine what we earthlings are like from TV, he would conclude that the earth is populated by men with ED and women with constipation. Published: Feb. 10, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

Police want to hear from you

Over the last couple of months, I have had the opportunity to represent the Chapel Hill Police Department in a number of public settings that have dealt with important community issues. Published: Feb. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

I thought it would never happen to me

I thought it would never happen to me. Throughout my life I had heard stories on the news about escalating relationship violence and always pitied the victims. How did these women become entangled in such dangerous situations? Published: Jan. 27, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

Just not the same

Editor's note: This column was written before Monday's announcement that new owners plan to reopen the Varsity Theatre next month. Published: Oct. 28, 2009 11:13 AM | Full story

No site chosen for new Orange County airport

Guest Column -- By Roper and Holden Thorpe Published: Sep. 30, 2008 11:19 PM | Full story

Insurer's coverage choices hurt medical practitioners and their patients

Guest Column -- By Robert Malik Lawrence Published: Sep. 23, 2008 4:25 PM | Full story

Goodbye Plum Spring Clinic; I will miss thee

Guest Column -- By Mark Derewicz Published: Sep. 21, 2008 5:04 PM | Full story

Never underestimate the community organizer

Guest Column -- By Julie Mitchell Published: Sep. 16, 2008 8:53 PM | Full story

We can now declare the 'village' dead

Guest Column -- By Henry Lister Published: Sep. 14, 2008 7:49 AM | Full story

Work to end homelessness continues

Guest Column -- By Sally Greene Published: Sep. 9, 2008 12:22 PM | Full story

Palin selection insulting to all, especially women

Guest Column -- By Perry Deane Young Published: Sep. 6, 2008 8:17 PM | Full story

Scholarship honors Carson, community

Guest Column -- By J.J. Raynor Published: Sep. 3, 2008 6:51 AM | Full story

Kidzu belongs in Carrboro

Guest Column -- By Maria Rowan Published: Sep. 3, 2008 6:48 AM | Full story

What Republicans may be thinking

Guest Column -- By Robert Moore and Pierce Trumbo Published: Aug. 31, 2008 9:08 AM | Full story

What might have been: Carolina's almost Olympians

Guest Column -- By Samuel H. Magill Published: Aug. 27, 2008 8:02 AM | Full story

Traveling with teens

Guest Column -- By Sara Johnson Published: Aug. 27, 2008 8:00 AM | Full story

County growth plan update lacks coordination

Guest Column -- By Allan Rosen Published: Aug. 24, 2008 12:32 PM | Full story

Fordham was pleasure to know

Guest Column -- By Bill Baucom Published: Aug. 19, 2008 8:14 PM | Full story

Reinventing the square: Transforming China's Tiananmen to the times

Guest Column -- By Richard Johanson Published: Aug. 13, 2008 7:03 AM | Full story

Please, no texting at the table!

Guest Column -- By Alice J. Wisler Published: Aug. 13, 2008 7:01 AM | Full story

A proposal for a full-time Carrboro library

Guest Column -- By Arthur Brown Published: Aug. 10, 2008 7:22 PM | Full story

Burmese refugees remember 1988 uprising

Guest Column -- By Sonia Katchian Published: Aug. 10, 2008 7:20 PM | Full story

Glen Lennox to be cherished, not destroyed

Guest Column -- By Jan Schochet Published: Aug. 5, 2008 5:56 PM | Full story

U.S. can no longer play the gas game

Guest Column -- By Gerald Cecil Published: Jul. 29, 2008 8:03 PM | Full story


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