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What it feels like... (extended edition.)

barrys

3 days ago
3 min

What it feels like... (extended edition.)

Esquire didn't ask me, but I could've told them what it feels like to almost get killed by a cop.

barrys

Apr 20
4 min

Don't Fence Us Out (extended version)

Robert Caro, the award-winning writer who has spent more time thinking about LBJ than probably even Lady Bird did, told a story about his...

Children are not just small adults - and shouldn't be treated as such.

barrys

Apr 9
3 min

Children are not just small adults - and shouldn't be treated as such.

There is debate over whether North Carolina really is, as our license plates say, “first in flight.” The state of Ohio has tried for a...

barrys

Mar 31
4 min

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor, There you go playing the victim again. I'm sure if you and your friends the Seriously Stupid 7 were in court in front of a...

barrys

Mar 30
3 min

Doughnuts offered as a shot in the arm to encourage vaccines.

Puritanism, H.L. Mencken wrote, “is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” A better definition is “the haunting fear...

When it comes to disciplining children, listen to Elvis. (extended version.)

barrys

Mar 17
3 min

When it comes to disciplining children, listen to Elvis. (extended version.)

At a remove of almost 50 years, my two surviving partners-in-crime growing up in Rockingham and I concluded that most of the offenses for...

Anne Frank was right: no need to wait to improve the world.

barrys

Mar 12
3 min

Anne Frank was right: no need to wait to improve the world.

For seemingly one of the few days this winter, it wasn't raining last Saturday afternoon in Durham and the open sunroof was actually that...

barrys

Mar 5
2 min

Letters to the Editor

Here are a few of the recent letters from adoring readers. As the most literate readers in the world deserve, keep your comments clean.

barrys

Mar 2
1 min

Heritage Film Fest

Every year I've attended the Hayti Heritage Film Festival, I've been exposed to 2 or 3 fantastic films I'd have never heard of otherwise!

barrys

Feb 22
3 min

TED FLED - and left his constituents and daughters out in the cold.

TED FLED – and left his constituents and young daughters out in the cold. Ask me for a “profile in courage in the snow,” and my answer...

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What it feels like... (extended edition.)

Don't Fence Us Out (extended version)

Children are not just small adults - and shouldn't be treated as such.

Letters to the editor

Doughnuts offered as a shot in the arm to encourage vaccines.

When it comes to disciplining children, listen to Elvis. (extended version.)

Anne Frank was right: no need to wait to improve the world.

Letters to the Editor

Heritage Film Fest

TED FLED - and left his constituents and daughters out in the cold.

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