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Apr 18, 20223 min read

Mark Meadows Green Acres love nest saga continues (Updated and re-transmitted)

Basta! I say. Basta! What you call me? No, no. I said “basta.” That’s Italian for “enough.” Sure, we have lampooned, teased and are now...

Apr 14, 20223 min read

If Congressman Cawthorn comes to your county - LOOK OUT!!!

We should all be concerned about the behind-the-wheel conduct of Congressman Madison Cawthorn. The congressman has represented his...

Apr 2, 20224 min read

THIS IS NO APRIL FOOLS DAY JOKE - IT'S SERIOUS (Happy Birthday, Marvin.)

First of all, Clayton Roberts wants to get one thing straight. Sensing the reason I’d been hounding him for months, one minute into our...

Apr 1, 20223 min read

A backyard, neighborhood brawl on the world stage... by R.C. "Bucky" Waters

I dare you to name three men who look cooler in a turtleneck sweater than Steve McQueen in Bullitt, Richard Roundtree in Shaft and Bucky...

Mar 31, 20223 min read

Is Richard petty? Well, so am I when it comes to UNC-Duke.

When Duke’s assistant basketball coach Chris Carrawell strode past UNC head coach Hubert Davis and refused to – in time-honored fashion -...

Mar 30, 20224 min read

March love letters from readers

Dear Editor, I stumbled on your website and just read the story about your P.E. teacher Ron Krall. I went to (N.C.) State with him and...

Mar 28, 20223 min read

The day three giant women stood onstage together at a tiny N.C. school

Outside of the aunt who raised me and put up with all of my devilment, I have always considered the three greatest women to walk the...

Mar 10, 20223 min read

Saying "Goodbye" to the UNC hoops legend who never scored a basket.

For several seconds, Phil Ford, the greatest point guard in ACC history and a genuinely good person, was stumped. I’d asked him what was...

Feb 25, 20222 min read

February love letters to the editor

Barry, Barry, Barry. Boy did you step in a pile of it this time. More letters from our readers!