In the interest of fair disclosure, my belly is full, my bills are paid, the Wife is on the mend and grateful for my assistance. In fact, I’m in a very good mood. Yes, Schultzie was inside for the snowstorm. I hope the United States of America fails. I hope the State of North Carolina fails. I...

Christmas and the underlying tenants of Christianity were created to keep poor people in their place by giving them hope of a better life in the hereafter. It is more than a humbug. It is a lie. Christmas, in particular, was invented as a way to keep the mobs off the ramparts during the winter solst...

I’m encouraged that BusinessWeek concurs with my opinion regarding our economy: The great job bust of 2008 is being felt keenly in communities across the U.S. Few may be suffering more than Greensboro, N.C., one of the South’s most scenic and livable cities and no stranger to disruptive ...

Today’s N&R section D called Savor mentions pomegranates at the top of the page and where you can get them - Harris Teeter and Fresh Market. Let me tell you snobs one thing right now. I am not about to subject myself to the several stoplights of Sprawlboro to find one of those stores when...

The thing you learn about prophecy is that it never comes from where you expect it. Especially in a crisis. Remember, Jesus was a businessman. Dull. Confucius was a civil servant. Not likely to see much wild prophet-on-prophet action there. Augusto Boal was a chemical engineer. And Ice Cube is...wel...

We're human; we break things. Sometimes cheap blue glasses. Sometimes whole human beings, or clusters of them, and the sins pass down through generations. And then those generations are charged with the weighty task of making their own damn hope. In the late 1990's, I was doing work on Liberation Th...