Commentary: In this month’s column I’m going to let the cat out of the bag. I want to tell you about the best-kept secret in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools: Phoenix Academy High School.
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Like a lot of other people in these parts, I shrugged off last month’s announcement by the ACC’s Council of Presidents that they had signed off on a grant-of-rights (GOR) agreement designed to “stabilize” the 15-school conference.
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The most wonderful thing happened to me April 14 when I was volunteering at the Community Dinner in Carrboro.
Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
My View: At the edge of my grandfather’s garden lay a large, soil-filled area outlined with rocks. A very permanent raised bed, it was the animal graveyard. When a kitten or chick or puppy died, my grandmother gave the children a box and the five siblings picked flowers, assigned roles, rehearsed prayers, and then processed toward the garden cemetery, minister at the head, gravediggers in the rear, all of them singing “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand.”
Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Did you ever have a mother or grandmother who was so busy cooking, serving and cleaning up she never got to sit down and eat with the family?
Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Last week, I saved 40 percent on commuting fuel, got in two hours of good exercise, and I lost weight. How, you may ask?
Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
My View: There are times when a trip to the woods reveals a particular drama if you simply sit and take your time in one spot.
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The newly expanded Chapel Hill library sounds wonderful. However, it is not accessible to the non-driving public.
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Those of us living in the southern reaches of greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro or across the border in northern Chatham can’t help but notice the progress of the new Walmart on U.S. 15-501.
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Dean Smith was a pioneering devotee of statistical analysis to improve team and individual performance. But the acclaimed basketball coach also warned that statistics could be manipulated to say most anything. “I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it’s something unusual,” Smith conceded back in 1990.
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Last month a Chapel Hill News editorial raised several concerns about the state of parking in downtown Carrboro. These concerns are largely unfounded and demonstrate the need for a greater understanding of why conventional parking strategies are generally a poor fit for a downtown like ours.
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
On Facebook: You can read and comment on more local news on my Facebook page. (Friend me at on.fb.me/10uJVGc) A post Wednesday generated several comments. Here it is, with some excerpts from readers’ responses:
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
This isn’t the first time I’ve written here about getting old, and it probably won’t be the last. I’m getting old, for crying out loud! It’s traumatic!
Published: Apr. 24, 2013 11:35 AM | Full story
Commentary: The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is more business as usual for Big Oil, with a high likelihood of leaks and more fuel for global warming
Published: Apr. 24, 2013 11:32 AM | Full story
The cost of living in Orange County and Chapel Hill is driving black residents elsewhere. Elected officials could bring the cost down, instead of trying band-aids for “affordability.”
Published: Apr. 24, 2013 11:34 AM | Full story
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