This Friday’s Entertainment and More section showcases the wealth of fantastic arts events that we have coming up this spring. Information on entertainment events can be found at http://www.heraldsun.com/lifestyles/entertainment as well.
Several local congregations sacrificed their Christmas Day to bring love and happiness to Durham citizens. More than 60 volunteers fed more than 300 people a hot meal, music, gifts and hugs.
As Gov. Pat McCrory takes office and the Republican-led General Assembly reconvenes for its 2013 session, they face significant fiscal and economic challenges
With the coming of the new year, I think it would be appropriate for the American people to rationalize what’s gone wrong with our country.
We are justifiably proud around here about our diverse and excellent cuisine. Durham must have the greatest collection of restaurants of all types and price level of any city its size – and if any out-of-towners disagree, we’d offer to go head-to-head with any municipalities who offer a challenge.
A very interesting letter from Mike Ellis in the Dec. 25 edition of The Herald-Sun regarding the Newtown tragedy and Second Amendment rights.
Most of us hop into cars or get behind the wheel without a second thought. Some people drive or ride their entire lives without incident.
According to both "Eastern, Gulf Ports Brace for Strike" (Wall Street Journal, Dec, 20) and news I heard on the radio the morning of Dec. 30, the United States may be facing not one but two fiscal cliffs.
When the 2013 edition of one my very favorite books, “The World Almanac and Book of Facts,” arrived on the bookshelves the other day, it reminded me that it has been several years since I updated my mini-state almanac.
Christmas Day’s paper had an article on the U.S. Army’s foray into Africa to combat terror. How inappropriate on this day of peace to read that our military is expanding its own terror threat in Africa, after destroying two Middle East countries for the last 11 years.
The news media run the risk of not only making too much of criminal incidents, but also of failing to place them in the proper context.
Beginning in the 1950s the world armed itself to the point where –l est we forget -- we’ve now enough nuclear weapons to destroy our planet many times over.
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is about to leave office. In an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday, she reflected on her four years in the governor’s mansion, with the most prominent talking points emerging centered on her not regretting her decision not to run for re-election, and that she leaves the state better than she found it.
Coolidge Elkins was a gentleman of integrity, dignity and earthly grace. He was distinguished by his exceptionally keen intellect and his many and varied talents, all of which he contributed generously, selflessly and ever modestly.
This year drawing to a close Monday has been an eventful one for me, starting out as a historic preservationist and then transitioning back to the editor’s chair here at The Herald-Sun.