Almost inadvertently, the Durham Public Schools Board of Education has initiated a critically important conversation.
Like many urban areas, Durham is no stranger to gun violence. Already in this young year, we’ve seen two lives cut short by firearms
There may once have been a time when we did not need to worry much if many students failed to finish high school. A robust manufacturing economy – or a substantial agriculture sector – could for much of the past century provide a decent-paying job to someone who never tossed a tassel at a high-school graduation ceremony.
A pair of polls out this week shows the dire state the Republican Party finds itself in -- and a way out of the wilderness, should Republicans choose to take it.
No one forced me, but I finally decided it was time to discover what all the business was about Honey Boo Boo.
Even though I've made reference to the show featuring a former beauty tot, now 7, and her family, I'd never actually watched a full episode. I still haven't, but I watched enough to need a jaw adjustment.
The NRA has suggested that armed guards be placed in schools to help prevent school violence. Some see this as negative; however, in Durham having law enforcement officers in public schools dates back to about 1980 and as far as I know their presence remains welcomed.
The candidates for the Durham City Council vacancy had strong opinions on the 751 South project and its potential effects on creating jobs that would help to reduce the number of local people living in poverty.
I have waited the prescribed cooling-off period requested by gun advocates in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
"Everybody got a pistol. This must really please the NRA" -- from "Gun" by Gil Scott-Heron
So maybe the NRA is about to get its wish.
Whatever it is in human nature that causes people to plan new year’s resolutions, that impulse seems to be most present in those who desire to get healthier and lose weight.
One of the biggest decisions facing the new General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory this year is whether or not North Carolina will expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and provide health coverage for more than 500,000 low-income people in the state.
"The Buzzard Table" is Margaret Maron's newest Carolina murder mystery.
I should deny it, but I was, I confess, grumpy.
As a tutor myself, I cannot think of a better New Year's resolution than Durham County Commissioner Ellen Reckhow's call for volunteers for the Durham Public Schools.
North Carolina’s incoming governor told business leaders last week that he intends to work to reform taxes for the state. What that means, and how that might be accomplished, remains to be seen.