Opinion
Unjust to deprive Hillsboro students of White’s talent
I was in attendance for the first half of (suspended Hillsboro High School Choral Director) David White’s first hearing, but unable to be there ...
Braiding hair minus license is a crime
There are far too many laws in our nation. Sometimes these laws are the result of sensible legislation born from public need. More often our laws are ...
To be one with technology
For the last 20 years or so, I have been aware that technology may be leaving my ability to grasp its full meaning behind. However, with each passing ...
Pee, paddings and ‘where?’
If it happened to you, would you tell your classmates, decades after the fact, how a teacher made you wet your pants in the sixth grade?My 40-year cla...
Watch: Running down a dream
Each year, a few days after my birthday I undergo my annual physical, a procedure that produces the usual bit of apprehension.I’m always relieve...
Working to maintain our freedom
We charge you, King George, with “a long train of abuses” designed to “establish an absolute tyranny over these states.” Our 1...
My country and my flag
Born out of tyranny my country and my flag is flown, respected and is often feared by those all around the globe who seek to tear down her ideals. Bor...
Oh, those high school days
Was it coincidence or something more, I wondered, last weekend as I sorted through some of my father-in-law’s old pictures with two of his daugh...
Turtles can bring us together
I joined my community’s Facebook group during this spring’s (failed) school bond issue campaign. I got what I expected – passion, di...
The bonds of friendship
John Patton and I have been friends for 60 years, a friendship fashioned through our mutual love of sports.We were teammates on the 1963 Wilmington Hu...
