The racist coup of 1898
In the early 1890s an unthinkable alliance produced an unacceptable outcome for North Carolina Democrats, as poor whites suffering from… Read Article →
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No library fines: Are we moving away from shared responsibility?
Should libraries fine patrons who fail to return books, CDs and movies on time? Does it surprise you that the… Read Article →
Our Roaring Twenties promises more progress, more polarization
When my physicist pal tells me time isn’t real – that it’s just a tool we invented to order experience… Read Article →
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… Read Article →
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… 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…. 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… 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… 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… Read Article →
The Real Power of Books
The sun was sitting high in the sky and I was near a shady tree as my kids splashed in… Read Article →