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The sign on the plexi said, “Due to the national coin shortage we will now only accept credit cards.” Was that the truth? Or was dealing with coins simply a

It’s been nearly three weeks since former President Donald Trump announced that he had been indicted in the classified documents investigation. On June 8, the day of the announcement on

Our little Pierson Point Community celebrates July 4th in a big way. A 100-pound pig is cooked. Sides include slaw, Brunswick stew, baked beans, squash casserole, watermelon, beer and banana

So much for the radical Supreme Court. A 6-3 majority on Tuesday rejected the argument advanced by some conservatives that the U.S. Constitution bars state courts from reviewing Congressional maps

If you ever doubted just how coarse and willfully cruel some politicians of the modern political right have become, check out what happened last week when the North Carolina Senate

Aware of one climate disaster after another, Ive been thinking a lot about the late, great Octavia Butler, who foresaw the effects of climate change — and our failure to

Every two years, a red flood seems to engulf rural North Carolina polling places. Republican turnout in rural areas has been staggering since the Obama era, and this consistently super

Having reported, discussed and written about North Carolina for 58 years, I increasingly find myself responding to happenings by asking the question, “What’s your end game? What are you trying

Sometimes, people write me and raise curiosity in my mind. The writer says that he and his wife “moved away from Methodism because of the ‘gay agenda’.” While we are

What is meant by “affordable housing”? The term suggests a certain level of shelter at a moderate price but offers no details. That makes it irritating.