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Where does Thomas Wolfe rank in the latest poll?[Apr. 25, 2007] What happened to Thomas Wolfe? It was my first question for Peder Zane after reading his new book, “The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books.” Zane, the long-time book editor at the Raleigh News and Observer, contacted 125 leading writers and asked them this question: What are the 10 greatest works of fiction of all time?
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Will anybody stand up for Imus?[Apr. 17, 2007] Who is going to stand up for Don Imus? Nobody, it seems. Everybody is piling on Imus, competing to see who can be the most eloquent in their condemnations of his racial and sexist slur of the Rutgers women’s basketball team—and of his radio program’s long history of insults targeting, at one time or another, almost everybody. I am not going to stand up for Imus or try to defend him.
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Ask not for whom they apologize[Apr. 9, 2007] Which of our mistakes will future generations have to apologize for? This question haunts me. It came back again last week when both houses of our General Assembly considered legislation to “express regret” for the institution of slavery.
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North Carolina Lawyers - Learning from a long-dead Russian[Mar. 20, 2007] "It occurred to him that what had seemed utterly impossible before-- that he had not lived the kind of life he should have--might in fact be true." I spent part of last week with a small group of respected North Carolina lawyers who took a long time pondering those words. The passage came from the Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” Although Tolstoy wrote this short novel more than 100 years ago, the plight of its main character, Ivan Ilyich, found a sympathetic audience in the North Carolina lawyers.
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Watch out Democrats - Another candidate from Hollywood[Mar. 12, 2007] Last Sunday was a bad day for Democrats, and they hardly noticed. Why? Democrats avoid Fox News. (Hard core Democrats don’t even like for their candidates to debate on that network.) So they missed the “bad news” in former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson’s Sunday morning interview with Fox’s Chris Wallace. Thompson told Fox that he is considering a run for the presidency. He did not make a formal announcement, but I am betting that he is going to be the answer to the Republicans’ dilemma.
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Turning on the water faucet — and worrying[Mar. 5, 2007] We’ve got plenty of water in North Carolina, so why worry so much about it? But people are worried. They are worried even though North Carolina is more richly blessed with natural water resources than almost every other state. More folks are worried because water is at the heart of so much of what makes the good life in our state possible. If the abundant supply of pure drinking water is at risk, our good life is threatened.
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Black history for whites - Part 2[Feb. 19, 2007] “That bus ride kept me going, I think. Maybe it still does.” This line is at the heart of a current New York Times best seller, one that ought to be required reading for people of every color who are wrestling with the question of what it means to be black in today’s America.
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A loving good-bye to our inner islands[Jan. 28, 2007] What is it about islands that intrigues us? “No man is an island,” wrote John Donne, “entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
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Wake up, there is a dead cow in the road![Nov. 20, 2006] Sometimes the joy of winning an election melts quickly away in the sunshine of responsibility. One of North Carolina’s greatest political leaders was R.D. McMillan, Jr. He served in the General Assembly and then for many years was the University of North Carolina’s liaison to the legislature.
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Why didn't we do more when we could?[Nov. 1, 2006] What is America’s most important holiday? Here are a few hints. *Your workplace or school will not close for the day. *Most Americans will not observe it this year. *It is close at hand. In fact, it is next week, on Tuesday. Answer: Election Day.
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