Long before there was Donald Trump, there was Phineas Taylor Barnum, whose name has become synonymous with clap and trap, buncombe and blather. And long before The Donald had written a best-seller of a book […]
At the end of July in 1988, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was crushing his presidential opponent by double digits in most polls. Gallup had Dukakis winning by as much as 17 points that summer. […]
At the end of July in 1988, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was crushing his presidential opponent by double digits in most polls. Gallup had Dukakis winning by as much as 17 points that summer. […]
The size, scope and complexity of North Carolina’s economy today is something even seasoned business people have trouble comprehending. I recently wrote a column explaining that our state’s gross domestic product ranks somewhere between that […]
Which will win out nature or nurture? It’s a question at least as old as Shakespeare and as new as who will direct Barbie’s latest make-over. Surely some sociologist somewhere has already explored the […]
While we shouldn’t live in the past, we can certainly learn from it. We are not the first humans to walk the Earth and yet too many, especially the young, suffer from the conceit that […]
Hamilton” is a juggernaut musical currently fetching at least $700 for prime seats. It’s a civic class in hip hop, George Washington’s cabinet argument as rap battle for the future of the fledgling American economy: […]
Hamilton” is a juggernaut musical currently fetching at least $700 for prime seats. It’s a civic class in hip hop, George Washington’s cabinet argument as rap battle for the future of the fledgling American economy: […]
Before and after Indiana’s Lilly King won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke in Rio de Janeiro, she made a point of taunting Yulia Efimova, her Russian opponent. King mocked Efimova’s finger wag after […]
Before and after Indiana’s Lilly King won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke in Rio de Janeiro, she made a point of taunting Yulia Efimova, her Russian opponent. King mocked Efimova’s finger wag after […]
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