Between the recent brouhaha over the censorship of Maus - the critically acclaimed graphic novel about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, which portrays humans with the heads and tails of different species of animals (see this...
Read MoreThere’s a word that gets bandied about quite a bit these days in government circles: Transparency. The general definition of the word, as provided by the good folks at Merriam-Webster, is “the quality that makes it possible to...
Read MoreA NOTE TO THE READER: Some time ago - in the Oct. 22, 2020, edition of the Johnston County Sentinel, to be precise - I shared the story of a mystery involving counterfeit coins that was solved by that preeminent big city police...
Read MoreI feel this week as though I should ask the readers for their indulgence - and, perhaps, their forgiveness. I have been writing this personal column since February 1987 - holy cow, I just realized that it’s been 35 years! - and...
Read MoreWell, here we are, a full 1/52nd into 2022 and people are still asking me if I’ve made any resolutions for the new year. Each time I have responded that the only resolution I’ve made this year is the exact same one that I’ve...
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