Posts By: jpederzane

By J. Peder Zane When my liberal friends share their apocalyptic fears about right-wing brown shirts, I say, “I’ve never… Read Article →

Roy Cooper is the boilerplate governor. He does not deserve re-election because another four years will just be more of… Read Article →

Even as the pandemic makes us think globally – reminding us through the metaphor of a random sneeze rather than… Read Article →

Even the suggestion of racial animus can get you fired these days as a Winston-Salem manlearned recently after he asked an… Read Article →

Why do so many white people put themselves at the center of every story about race? Why do they keep… Read Article →

I wanted to ask my acquaintance if he was experiencing a torturous mid-life crisis or had lost his mind altogether…. Read Article →

Echoing my liberal friends, “frightening” and “absurd” leapt to mind when I first heard about Republican ideas to arm teachers…. Read Article →

In 2013, I renewed my call in the Raleigh N&O that North Carolina remove the Confederate monument that towers before… Read Article →

I was thrilled to see Svetlana Alexievich become the first journalist to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. In my… Read Article →

By J. Peder Zane It happens fairly often. We’ll run a glowing review, and the author will contact me to… Read Article →