A specific date for the atomic age can not be exactly pinpointed. We can come close with information that is available. In 1942, St. Louis, Missouri, and the surrounding area would become the first radioactive […]
Government doesn’t have to pay for everything. And with the financial challenges and burdens that Richmond County’s governments face — low tax base, low-income residents, increased infrastructure costs — there are some things that can’t […]
“We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the […]
Comments on Facebook can sometimes get ugly. Some folks just complain, never with anything good to say. Sometimes commenters exchange vitriolic barbs. One time, we had to delete an entire post because the comments got […]
On June 14, the Trump administration announced that it’s raising your taxes by $12.5 billion. On June 18, President Trump followed that announcement up with the threat of another $20 billion tax hike. Trump didn’t […]
“Whoever thought I was going to live so long,” my 96-year-old mother asked? She isn’t alone. 10,000 of us turn 65 every day. In 1990, North Carolina’s median age — meaning one half are younger […]
When I was in Congress and had to regularly fly between D.C. and Texas, I was routinely subjected to invasive “pat-downs” (physical assaults) by the Transportation Security Administratio. One time, exasperated with the constant insults […]
To the editor: If Donald Trump’s silly salute of that North Korean general, following the mostly-empty photo op with dictator Kim Jong-un in Singapore last week, hastens meaningful peace then I’m for it. It may […]
When I was in France last week, Anthony Bourdain, also in France working on his popular and influential food and culture program for CNN, took his life. Bourdain was in one of his favorite regions, […]
Why are you reading this column? Make no mistake — I’m glad you are. I hope you are an avid reader of editorials, op-eds, and columns in newspapers, magazines, and online forums. But motivation matters. […]
To the editor: It is with much sadness that it looks like the county will soon be losing our community theater considering last week’s 4 to 1 vote by city council not to fund a […]
No one wants to live in a trashy community. But the way some Richmond County residents act, it would be hard to believe. You see it every day: fast-food bags and cups strewn throughout parking […]
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