This may seem unreal for this 1960's /70's rocker, but, I enjoy classical music, and on most occasions, the ballet.
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2023 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is suing the state’s Judicial Standards Commission to make them end investigations into some of her public statements
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legendary stock trader Jesse Livermore frequently opined the importance of weather in establishing commodity positions. The man who broke Wall Street twice (1907, 1929) and died penniless from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2023 @ 11:58 am
By: The Correspondent
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While a historic political button suggests that the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once ran for president with pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock, the two never officially declared their candidacy.
Published: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 @ 11:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen – not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.” — C.S. Lewis
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2023 @ 2:39 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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NCCARE360 is the first statewide social needs referral platform in the country coordinating referrals for more than 100,000 North Carolinians to needed services since its creation in 2019
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 11:34 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Dr. Nina Higgins Ward, 79, of Vanceboro, NC, died at her home on January 7, 2023, in the company of her family of beloved dogs.
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Announcements
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"So this is Christmas (War is Over)" was written in 1971 by John and Yoko Lennon, just months after the official breakup of the Beatles.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 9:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since I was a young adolescent, I have loved the Peanuts Gang. The first installment of Charles Schultz's classic Peanuts Comic Strip on the television was "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which first aired in 1965.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this most eclectic mix-bag of videos, we stay in the holiday spirit, as we move ever closer to Christmas Day.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 7:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the Christmas Spirit: Judy Garland and Mel Torme
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always thought Ray Charles was one of those generational performers, who was put on this earth to entertain and entertain quite well was our fortunate outcome.
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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William "Bill" M. Swindell, age 83, a resident of Washington, NC, died early Monday morning, November 28th, 2022, in his home surrounded by loved ones and caretakers.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: Announcements
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Anatoly was grooving on this Third World War delta-spoofing gig some kind of beaucoup dinky dow.
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 @ 6:37 am
By: The Correspondent
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Gallagher, the comedian who rose to fame in 1980 with a comedy special directed by a member of the legendary Monkees, has died at the age of 76.
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2022 @ 3:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The cancel mob is out for Hall of Fame quarterback-turned NFL announcer Troy Aikman, after his allegedly sexist comment on a penalty called during Monday Night Football.
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2022 @ 12:26 am
By: Daily Wire
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Sunday is the least popular day to vote in most counties that offer one-stop voting on those days
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2022 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Back in the “bobby-sox 60’s” era Neil Sedaka recorded the song, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do.” I thought about it in contemplating a break-up of my own.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:51 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Following a brave battle against cancer, Philip Stewart Nepper of Washington, NC was promoted to heaven on August 12, 2022, at the age of 81 years young.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2022 @ 9:48 am
By: Announcements
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Today is the 92nd birthday of arguably the most influential social and political theorist of our generation, Thomas Sowell.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 7:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nickie “Nick” Thomas Rawls, 80, of Cary, passed away Friday evening, April 29, 2022 at his home.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 10:08 am
By: Announcements
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“They see us as people who write about them as hicks and losers and idiots and who are not on their side.”
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, in his opening statement in the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Senator Ted Cruz targeted Biden
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 9:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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Since we are being honest, I must admit, I am of the age where the original film, with Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale and Frank Morgan as the Wizard, had a profound effect on me.
Published: Sunday, March 13th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Director Peter Jackson collaborates with a long deceased J.R.R. Tolkien to create a sweeping fantasy that well represents one of the greatest stories of the Twentieth Century.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 7:17 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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But then again, growing up, I loved every episode of the Three Stooges. Yes, the Howard brothers, plus Larry Fine helped make growing up in the 1950's/60's a fairly good time.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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North Carolina’s state constitution, in Article IX, section 1 (“Education Encouraged”), reads: “Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, libraries, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Dr. Julie Ponesse is a professor of ethics who has taught at Ontario's Huron University College for 20 years. She was placed on leave and banned from accessing her campus due to the vaccine mandate.
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 1:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Wes Anderson's films are an eclectic hodgepodge of reserved goodness; some sweeter than others, but all resilient as tested by time, and a perfect evening in the present.
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 10:09 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Writing "In God We Trust" on his cars and trying to buy loyalty and silence with arbitrary raises and position reclassifications will only keep maligned staff quiet for a short while.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 11:29 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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Missy brought the boys to town to play the Turnage Theater and their unique, functioning blend of jazz, rock, country, and bluegrass blew me away.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 10:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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I always wanted to know an Atticus Finch, and yet I never quite met him. I never found him in any of my coaches, my teachers, my friends, the fathers of my friends.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 10:44 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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My first exposure to Bob Dylan was in 1963
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 11:15 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Some songs are performance songs and some songs are just there for you to cry in you beer songs. Bob Dylan wrote both types during his pre-mailing it in days.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 8:12 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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