A vacation spent picking apples or watching dairymen make cheese might not seem like a popular option. But in a world where sitting in an office chair is a health risk and children’s screen time […]
A drill sergeant paced in front of the line of rifle-toting soldiers, barking out the same question over and over.”What makes the grass grow?”Each time, the soldiers responded, in unison: “Blood, sir!”The sergeant met each […]
“Everybody from the coast to the mountains should have strawberries right now,” said Dexter Hill, marketing specialist with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The strawberry, a delectable heart-shaped fruit, is North […]
As fans trickled into Lucky J Arena for the last regular-season North Carolina High School Rodeo Association competition on May 7, Bruce Adams sat in a small space in his trailer, expertly smearing face paint […]
The old Mike Huckabee was heard from last week, and this time he’s more than welcome to the presidential sweepstakes, traveling show and circus in general. What’s more, he can still count. For example, he […]
BALTIMORE Results of Baltimore’s Democratic primary election were ordered decertified Thursday by the Maryland elections board, which cited irregularities in the April 26 vote that may have influenced a tight mayoral race. The state […]
Three-times-failed presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has a right to feel vindicated by Donald Trump’s success. “We were a little bit ahead of our time,” the syndicated columnist and colleague of mine on PBS’ “The McLaughlin […]
Facing the likelihood of two unpopular presidential candidates, the 2016 general election is shaping up to be both nasty and exciting. Historically, the political right in America has had a visceral reaction to the Clintons, […]
It’s that time of year again when life begins anew for the remaining fans of what used to be the national pastime. My late father-in-law, Robert E. Levy of Waco and before that Marlin, Texas, […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. The housing market remains healthy for North Carolina with the exception of Asheville, which had a negative housing market and had a decrease in the leading index of healthy housing markets, according […]
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