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The Academy Awards were Sunday night, and normally I don’t pay that much attention to them. I don’t because I don’t see a lot of movies. The last movie I saw in the theater was... Full story

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Marine spouses can be part of a winning team
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On any given day, it may be hard to gauge just... Full story
Entitlement addiction
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Something disturbing came out of California (go... Full story
Morality can't be legislated
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Editorial: It's the system that needs fixing
Remember when "earmark" was such a dirty word? An earmark is money provided by Congress for projects or programs that somehow circumvent the regular processes by which Congress appropriates money. Most of the time, these are specific projects for... Full story
Military health care proves to be a pretty good deal
Before my first visit to a naval hospital, I caught wind of some bad publicity about the medical staff allowed to practice within the walls of a base hospital. Perhaps the worst that I ever heard was that the staff was a bunch of "Motrin... Full story
We interrupt this 'Tiger watch' for some real news
Here in the middle of tax time, I’m mostly out of touch with what’s happening in the world outside my office. The only time I’m able to catch up on the news is the half hour I spend with CNN at the start of each day. ... Full story
Editorial: DOT fails to listen
Government and its agencies should be responsive to the people. In the case of the East Main Street median project, clearly this was not the case. Dwayne Alligood, an engineer with the N.C. Department of Transportation, told Havelock leaders last... Full story
People can decide what speech is worthy
The recent Supreme Court decision Citizens United V. The Federal Election Commission has been called everything from "absurd" to "outrageous" to "ridiculous" to "a crisis." But the decision is called these things mostly by elite progressive... Full story
Bug gone bad leads to emergency vet visit
Our dog Sasha got sick Saturday morning. I generally don’t pay much attention to things like that, figuring she’d simply picked up a "bug" somewhere. If I crawled around our yard every day on my hands and knees shoving my nose into any... Full story
Editorial: Tough decisions ahead
Havelock city commissioners are getting their first hard look at what’s ahead this year and next at this week’s board retreat. They may not like how the picture is looking. All indications are that the 2010-11 budget cycle is going... Full story
A breakthrough in ketchup technology
Sometimes I have no idea what this column is going to be about when I sit down at the computer. When that happens, I Google "news headlines" and scroll down the list of current events to prime my creative juice pump.  This week’s... Full story
Friends offer come good advice about love
Knowing that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I decided to devote this column to love. Both of my girls are in relationships and have asked that I leave them out of this, so I went where everyone goes these days for help. I asked... Full story
No homecoming ever goes smoothly
The number one rule of homecomings is: Don’t talk about homecomings. No, wait, that’s the number one rule of "Fight Club." The real number one rule of homecomings is: They go wrong. The only thing that varies from homecoming to... Full story
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