Who ever said “overnight success usually takes about 20 years” hit the nail on the head. A good case in point; the Republican Majority in the North Carolina General Assembly has tried for 13 years to require a photo ID to vote. Well, miracle of miracles, when you go to the polls to vote in […]
Members of the Duplin County Board of Education were recently honored as we celebrated School Board Appreciation month in January. As we honor the commitment of our board members all year long, January tends to be a little more special as we get an opportunity to share with our board members what they truly mean […]
Last week, I visited Auschwitz. I had never before visited any of the death camps. The experience is absolutely chilling. Auschwitz, of course, was a complex of camps, the three largest of which were Auschwitz I, the camp most famous for the terrifyingly Orwellian German slogan welded onto its entrance, “ARBEIT MACHT FREI” ― ”WORK […]
Documentaries are supposed to get it right, but sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they just want to push an agenda. There’s a documentary called “The Smell of Money” that’s been making the rounds among activist groups recently. The film is an 84-minute attack on North Carolina hog farms and the family farmers who operate them. It […]
As we approach the upcoming Primary Elections it may be helpful to pause and reconsider just how important the process of voting is to the future of our community, county, state and nation. Winston Churchill once quipped, “The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.” Though cloaked in a […]
On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sat in a jail cell, arrested for leading a non-violent demonstration. The peaceful protestors were met with firehoses and police dogs. Dr. King wrote his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” to the local religious leaders who called his activities “unwise and untimely.” He hoped the white […]
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