The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news, with supporters touting its benefits for economic growth and with opponents changing their focus from its impact on global warming to the more immediate potential risks stemming from pipeline leaks. ... Read More

There are hundreds of reasons to celebrate Georgann Eubanks' third and last in her "Literary Trails of the North Carolina" series. Follow her travels in the just released "Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina," and you will have the most... Read More

As most of you who read my columns know, I'm the tech support for my family (and many other people too). That means, when my mom's email stopped working two or three weeks ago, she asked me to fix it. The problem was that she couldn't delete... Read More

"Breaking news out of Boston! Yes, the bombing suspect has been captured. No, wait, he hasn't. No, wait, they're questioning someone, but—wait, no, now it's two people, and one of them is a missing student from Br—oh, no, wait, it's one... Read More

The foundation of value creation in the economy is the conversion of raw materials into finished goods. Therefore, in order for North Carolina to have a strong and sustainable economy, we need to rebuild and revamp our manufacturing base. One of the... Read More

Last weekend I participated in the innagural WW Finlator Lectures in Faith & Social Justice at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh. The church Bill Finlator pastored for 3 decades celebrated his legacy as one of the great American prophets of... Read More

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded this week to Adam Johnson for "The Orphan Master's Son" set in North Korea. It is a very timely selection, given our interest in, puzzlement about, and fear of that country. I have revised and updated a... Read More

Finally, Wednesday morning, Jan cried. Before then, she was caught somewhere between five minutes from the finish line at the Boston Marathon and the tragedy that occurred a mile or so up the road. She and her sister, both UNC graduates from... Read More

This is a parenting page, about parenting Page. I am a child psychologist and a mother. So I specialize in children, yet I am human, thus I am full of knowledge and yet as full of emotions as any other parent. So I decided to write this Parenting Page... Read More