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Transit officials should face tough questions

As a concerned citizen, I support Sunday's Chapel Hill News editorial. Published: Dec. 3, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

A critical look at the bright side

"Look at the bright side," my dad liked to say. Published: Dec. 3, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Turning the tide for African-American students

In the course of three months, Chapel Hill High School has lost two African-American male students, Atlas Fraley and Rodney Torain, Jr. These were two young men who had defied the odds for African-American males, who were successful students at Chape Published: Nov. 30, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Agency adding value to community

A distinguished UNC professor recently asked me how EmPOWERment Inc. adds value to our community. That's an excellent question. Here's a look at the return on investment in each of the three aspects of EmPOWERment's mission: home ownership, Published: Nov. 26, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Billions end up paying for excesses of the wealthy on Wall St.

Our lexicon of business activities is being expanded daily, thanks to the "wonder boys" on Wall Street. We are learning about derivatives, collateralized debt obligations, credit default swaps, recapitalization, puts, short selling and so on. We Published: Nov. 26, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Time for Palin to exit stage right

Perhaps more to the point, would her enablers in the media please escort her off? Stop with the endless interviews trying to turn cow paddies into baked Alaska. Haven't we had enough of her aw-shucks, you-betcha, gosh-darnit bromides and assorted cat Published: Nov. 26, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Let's teach adults a thing or three

Here in America, things are so upside down that adults can learn from children once in awhile. The fifth-grade students from Mary Scroggs Elementary School are an example of this. Published: Nov. 26, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

The right marriage solution

The recent passage of referendums in three states regarding same-sex marriage provides an opportunity once again to propose the only true solution to this issue which has so divided Americans for years. The answer is to follow the practice in a numbe Published: Nov. 23, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

A special holiday meal because Ms. Hicks doesn't forget

Fixing Thanksgiving dinner for a dozen family members is always a challenging task. But don't tell that to Anne Hicks, who has been preparing dinner for 500 people for the past nine years. Published: Nov. 23, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Projected airport's economic impact highly suspect

I've been following the recent dispute over the proposed Orange County airport with some interest. Particularly interesting to me has been the widespread use of the projected annual economic benefits -- "$40 million to $53 million" -- that Published: Nov. 19, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

The eternal Kevin Brock

There are moments imprinted on our souls that change who we are -- a wedding day, the death of a dear friend. Sometimes, these events tumble too close to each other and the mind can't make sense of them. But I think the heart can. Published: Nov. 16, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Rashkis was his community's keeper

A few years back: It's Mel Rashkis calling. Published: Nov. 16, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Obama victory a loss for nation's comics

Hours before Election Day began, I saw a clip of W talking about Putin: "And my message will be, you know, Vladimir -- I call him Vladimir -- you shouldn't fear a missile defense system." This moment straight out of Dr. Strangelove -- and J Published: Nov. 9, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

United Nations initiatives working for women's rights

The West Triangle Chapter of the United Nations Association sponsored a program recognizing U.N. Day with a talk by Jane Roberts, co-founder of 34 Million Friends of The United Nations Population Fund ( Published: Nov. 9, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

School shootings make victims of us all

On September 23, the worst school shooting of 2008 occurred in faraway Finland, leaving 11 dead. Published: Nov. 5, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Questions and answers about OWASA's rate increase

In June, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority board made the difficult decision to raise monthly water and sewer charges about 17 percent on Oct. 1. Published: Nov. 2, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Results of sub-prime liberal policies

With the current downturn in the stock market and its resultant drop in the value of 401k and IRA accounts just as the leading edge of the baby boomers reaches retirement, it seems those boomers ascribing to liberal policies and programs all these ye Published: Nov. 2, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Director's take on Shakespearean comedy misses the joke

My family doesn't often attend plays. But when I heard from a friend that Playmakers Repertory Company would be performing "Pericles," a Shakespeare play I'd never heard of, I decided to follow her example and make it a family event. Published: Oct. 29, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Help us make this a safer Halloween

One of the nicest things about Chapel Hill is the community spirit for celebration and the people's love affair with downtown, the commercial and cultural heart of the town. Whether it's impromptu merriment of a UNC basketball victory, festooned Published: Oct. 29, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Unlocking the Palin mystique

The McCain campaign has ingeniously cast its "Palin spell." Even in the midst of increasing economic turmoil, the Palin mystique rolls on. To best understand its powers, we must return to the moment of Palin's national birth. Published: Oct. 8, 2008 12:30 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


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