Replacing one myth with another
I hadn’t spoken to my former Raleigh News & Observer colleague in a month of Sundays, but the reason for his call was clear immediately after the “Hey”: In polite terms he… Read Article →
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Thanksgiving – our last true American holiday
In these distastefully partisan times, let’s take a moment to savor our most American holiday, Thanksgiving. Now that July 4 has become just a day off for most people – albeit one… Read Article →
College admissions scandal counters claims of white privilege
The college admissions scandal unfolding in Hollywood powerfully debunks the left’s view of America as a rigged and racist society. The 50 or so actors and executives implicated so far did not… Read Article →
The danger of doomsday climate fears
Kids are different today – in troubling ways. Studies and polls reveal they are far more prone to anxiety and depression than previous generations and more of them embrace nanny-state socialism. Multiple… Read Article →
Among youth, a plague of gloom with no clear cure
There was an alarming recent article in the News & Observer. It quoted one student at Green Hope High School in Cary who warned of declining mental health and rising suicide rates… Read Article →
False Claims of Racism Are Also Dangerous
Even the suggestion of racial animus can get you fired these days as a Winston-Salem manlearned recently after he asked an African-American to prove she was entitled to use the community pool. So,… Read Article →
Duke Professor’s Beautiful Law of Physics
It is the most commonly denied undeniable fact: our world just keeps getting better. Even as scholars, pundits and the guy across the bar beat the ancient empty drum of doom, the… Read Article →
Ignoring vulgar lyrics is not a form of enlightenment
Why do so many white people put themselves at the center of every story about race? Why do they keep turning the problems that afflict too many African-Americans into questions about their… Read Article →
We are locked in battle. Compromise is not betrayal.
I wanted to ask my acquaintance if he was experiencing a torturous mid-life crisis or had lost his mind altogether. That seemed too pointed, so I said: Why are you running for… Read Article →
Gun control debate requires rational minds
Echoing my liberal friends, “frightening” and “absurd” leapt to mind when I first heard about Republican ideas to arm teachers. As someone who wishes our nation didn’t have a deep reverence for… Read Article →