Just last night I was watching an episode of my favorite TV program “The Sopranos,” and in one scene the dialogue centered around characters who had (wink wink) entered the…
The Rhino’s John Hammer saw this coming, as I guess would anyone with some common sense (not necessarily yours truly)—BH Media partners the Greensboro News & Record and the Winston-Salem…
….This time from editorial page editor Allen Johnson, who’s really about kissing High Point University president Nido Qubein’s you-know-what, but starts out with this: First, to state the obvious: The…
I generally don’t give News & Record ed page editor Allen Johnson much praise, but in yesterday’s column he breaks the news that the racial equity workshop to which a…
Presidential election years are prime for municipal bond votes given that more uninformed voters and more younger voters–mostly college students who don’t have to pay city taxes—show up at the…
I guess it’s news when the paper of a state’s third-largest city announces it will again endorse for president after an eight-year hiatus. In yesterday’s as-yet-unposted column, Greensboro News &…
By a 9-2 margin, the Guilford County Board of Education voted Thursday night to rename Aycock Middle School. Board members Linda Wellborn and Rebecca Buffington were the ‘no’ votes. You’ve…
I don’t know if the N&R meant this to be a point-counterpoint, but in today’s Ideas section, Guilford County Schools Superintendent Mo Green—in anticipation of the new school year—-reflects on…
Greensboro’s International Civil Rights Museum has hired “community organizer” Bayard “Bay” Love as its new chief operating officer and director of development. As you can probably imagine, a cloud of…
I attended the forum sponsored by the City of Greensboro on body-worn police cameras. So did N&R ed page editor Allen Johnson, who writes: If I were to sum up…
N&R ed page editor Allen Johnson –who was editor of the Winston-Salem Chronicle back in the ’80s–weighs in on the Chronicle’s city loan: I have deep respect for Publisher Ernie…
The N&R’s Allen Johnson posts a teaser on tonight’s presentation in the Empire Room by urban analysts Joe Minicozzi of Public Interest Projects in Asheville and Charles Marohn of Minnesota-based…