Category Archives: Views

Defending Tradition

Posted on May 17, 2013 by John Hitt

A few steps from UNCW’s pool, there is room rarely accessed by anyone outside of the school’s swim team. I remember it as an ugly, damp space with misplaced filing cabinets, unidentifiable athletic equipment, and musty carpet. Team meetings were … Continue reading →

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Barack for Berger

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Mark Basquill

I’m not suggesting Barack Obama is throwing the weight of his presidency behind Brian Berger. I’m proposing a trade. No player to be named later. No salary cap stuff. Put Berger in the Oval Office and bring Barack here. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Turbine Thoughts

Posted on May 7, 2013 by John Wolfe

Standing on the beach, one would barely see them, an array of specks lining the horizon. Stationed miles offshore, out past the bathers and the surfers and even the fishermen, they’d look like toothpicks, maybe, or miniature pinwheels. But charter … Continue reading →

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Long May You Run

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Mark Basquill

I love that tune. Now, old Neil couldn’t have run a Boston Marathon, even when he was Neil Young. But if I hadn’t tore up my calf, I might have been in Boston with other runnners from clubs like Wilmington … Continue reading →

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Gust Bust

Posted on April 16, 2013 by John Wolfe

A new piece of environmnetal legislation, The NC Affordable and Reliable Energy Act (H298), was approved by the House Commerce Committee in the North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday, April 9th. The next stop for the bill will be the … Continue reading →

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Church of Baseball

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Mark Basquill

Thank God for the Yanks and Red Sox! It’s a Wednesday night in April 2013 (not 1513), and I’m watching ESPN, trying to think of some way not to write about establishing a state religion in North Carolina. Praise, Jesus! … Continue reading →

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Lock and Load

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Mark Basquill

The New York Times recently wrote about the downward trend in gun ownership in American households over the past 40 years. This decline seems to be occurring despite spree shootings, paranoia and the NRA basically calling the study “malarkey.” After … Continue reading →

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Learn or Die

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Mark Basquill

While I was learning new yoga postures and looking forward to a bright future, the past rolled into Raleigh in the form of Chairman McCrory and his central-planning committee in the state legislature. In their first few weeks, Mr. McCrory’s … Continue reading →

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Stones of Hope

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Mark Basquill

My wife’s a pacifist and I’m a pacifist. Her activism doesn’t pay much, so she’s funded her concern for the general welfare by caring for the specifically sick as a nurse. She’s used a lot of politicians to advance equal … Continue reading →

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Smarty Pants

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Mark Basquill

When it seems I’m the smartest guy in the room, I usually go for a walk. Oh, I’m intelligent enough. We all are. And when accused of being the smartest guy in the room, I never argue. That wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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