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Putting Durham's stamp on Mardi Gras
We like to do things our own way in Durham, so we had some trepidation about the notion of the Bull City following in New Orleans’ footsteps along the Mardi Gras parade route. Several cities across the country have adopted Mardi Gras celebrations, while Louisiana remains the only state where it is an official holiday. But with others already to...
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A matter of faith
Many people in Durham’s faith community have long worked to keep our city’s young people out of gangs, and away from drugs and crime. But the efforts have been fractured, with individual churches adopting their own outreach programs, often with mixed results.
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What's coming down the road
We are a society that loves our gadgets, sometimes to the point that it’s a potential danger to ourselves and those around us. And sometimes, it’s apparently very hard for us to recognize and resist the temptation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to that end has proposed voluntary guidelines to manufacturers that they create...
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We’re still the City of Medicine
We’re called the City of Medicine. We owe that designation, of course, mainly to the Duke University Health System, the medical colossus in our midst. The largest employer in Durham County and the second-largest private employer in the state, it’s a nearly $4 billion concern with more than 15,000 employees. It takes up more than 200 acres in t...
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Balancing rights and safety
A very basic premise of government is that it will protect the people it serves. It’s why we have a military and law enforcement, and why we have laws governing the land to which our society expects people to adhere.
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Week's end
There may not be an “I” in team, but there are plenty of “Zs.” And a lot of other consonants, too. Mike Krzyzewski was honored this week — what week doesn’t bring an honor for Coach K? — by the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, as part of the team receiving the annual Civic Honor Award. But it wasn’t the Duke men’s basketball team that was h...
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An important message for dads
It’s not a shocker that it’s a good thing for dads to be involved in the lives of their children. And recently in Durham, we’ve had a couple of events detailing why that’s the case.
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A shrinking world for smokers
Smokers’ worlds are shrinking, yet again, and it happened in Durham without so much as a raised eyebrow. That in and of itself may be a sign that we have reached a tipping point in our city in the anti-smoking movement. Anyone having a nic fit will no longer be able to light up at Amtrak stations, bus stops, city and county parks and athletic f...
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Election season is upon us
Spring training, the exhibition season for major league baseball, is about to begin. March Madness, the culminating season for college basketball, is just a few weeks off.
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Sharing the love
What’s the price of love? That would be $128, on average, according to Brand Keys biannual customer loyalty engagement index. Men lay out an average of $166 out of their wallets, while women fork over $90 in the name of love. Not to sound too curmudgeonly, but those must be platinum plated arrows that Cupid is shooting. It wasn’t always so...
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HS Guest Columnists
Everyone must be part of the solution
Gun violence must be stopped, and everyone needs to be part of the solution. I strongly support Mayor Bill Bell’s initiative to reduce gun violence by increasing the bail bond on individuals who discharge a gun in the commission of a crime.
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Symbol of inclusion at new courthouse
As we anticipate the utilization of our new county courthouse, I believe Durham County leaders have a magnificent window of opportunity, not only to welcome citizens into an ultra-modern facility, but also to improve upon the symbolic inclusion of our total population.
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If teachers can be replaced by computer screen, we should be
It's meant as a challenge, not a prescription: "If We (Profs) Can Be Replaced by a Computer Screen, We Should Be!" I am amazed at how often my pronouncement, made most recently at the Harvard Innovations in Learning and Teaching (HILT) Symposium, is interpreted to mean: "All profs should be replaced by computer screens." Not at all.
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The pot calling the kettle black
While I've tried to keep silent on the matter of Research Triangle High School, a proposed charter school in Research Triangle Park, versus Durham Public Schools, I cannot any longer.
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When is a tuition increase justified?
Last week, President Barack Obama spoke to a University of Michigan audience about tuition increases at public universities. He said, “We should steer federal campus-based aid to those colleges that keep tuition affordable, provide good value, serve their students well.”
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DPI’s annual study leaves much to be desired
For years, North Carolina has had a reprehensible school-to-prison pipeline, which is a system of laws, policies and practices that pushes students — disproportionately male students, students of color and students with disabilities — out of schools and into the juvenile and criminal systems. For example, during the 2007-08 school year alone, 31...
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Defending the ‘American dream’
Every election, we’re told, is important. Critical, even. But it’s more than the usual hyperbole this time.
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Celebrating North Carolina’s history of embracing educationa...
I often sense an adversarial tone when listening to discussions about the different educational options available to our children. However, we often fail to recognize that whether a child attends a traditional public school, public charter school, private school or is homeschooled, each learning environment enjoys a symbiotic relationship with t...
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Finding ways to put North Carolinians back to work
We have so many great things going for us in the Triangle: our workers are the best in the world, schools such as Duke and North Carolina Central University are respected around the globe, and our business climate for entrepreneurs and innovators cannot be beat.
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Preserving history: Buildings and neighborhoods tell the sto...
Major projects and activities such as the Historic Parrish Street, the Hayti Heritage Center and the Fayetteville Street Historic Corridor highlight the rich African-American history in Durham.
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