Author: John Small

This is likely going to get me in trouble with some people... Even to someone who has been living under a rock or up a tree for the past few years, or who for any other reason simply does not ordinarily pay much attention to...

(Editor’s Note: The following holiday-themed column originally appeared in the July 2, 2015, edition of the Johnston County Capital-Democrat. It is being re-published in observance of this year’s Independence Day celebration.)...

Pardon me while I get something off my chest. One day a number of years ago I was sitting at my desk, thumbing through a pile of newspapers from other communities, when a letter to the editor caught my eye. It was a short...

One thing that some people I’ve talked to over the years seem to find interesting, humorous, odd or even slightly creepy about me (depending on who you ask, I reckon, and I have to admit that I’ve often found myself a tad...