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Right choices can lead to greatness
Teens everywhere want to change the world. Their profiles talk about wanting to make an impact and do something huge with their lives. What many of them miss is that each day they live is another opportunity to do great things. Great things can be very...
Security concerns trump common sense
I know things have changed since the school massacre at Columbine High School in 1999 and the terrorist attacks in 2001. We're more concerned about security now, and we should be. Collectively, we lost a part of our innocence in those incidents, and...
Letter to editor - Jones, Perdue deserve support
As a general rule, I am not one who submits letters to the news media. However, in the upcoming North Carolina primary there are two candidates I feel strongly about. I know first hand what each has done over their many past years in providing assistance...
Say what you need to say now, or you may regret it later
Last month at our Craven County Board of Education meeting, we watched a video made by students at Bridgeton Elementary School. The video was set to the song "Say What You Need To Say" by John Mayer. I was going back and forth between laughter and tears...
Japanese live in a culture of responsibility and pride
Ann and her sister, Gloria, got back from Tokyo this week. Regular readers already know our daughter recently became a new mother. I'm happy to report she and baby Andrew are doing excellently. The child is beautiful and has apparently inherited both...
Las Vegas always stays with you
On balance, everybody seeks to minimize bad things and maximize good things. We do this by the numbers in our day-to-day choices. We obey traffic laws, exercise and pay attention so we don't walk in front of a Greyhound bus. Life's a gamble, so you need...
Society turning softer, underdisciplined
College basketball's winningest and most controversial coach, Bobby Knight, resigned this past season as the head basketball coach at Texas Tech. He left college basketball after 43 years, 902 wins and no small amount of debate and dispute regarding his...
We can help our children reach their goals, no matter how grand
For me, it is always hard to know where to find the balance between helping my girls set realistic goals and squelching their dreams. It's hard to tell someone standing in front of you with eyes as big as the world that his or her dream might not be...
Say what you will, my new weathered car has character
A small wedge is missing from the grille. It gives my new car the giddy grin of a champion boxer whose front teeth were bashed out. The faded silver paint is speckled with worn-in gunk that no car wash could remove. The right side sports two chrome hubcaps,...
Group takes right approach to pool
We judge by the response and feedback we have received that the idea of a city swimming pool is controversial to say the least. Some believe that a pool is a needed project that would provide activity for our seniors and a place to go for our children. Others...
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