Emily Larsen of the Washington Examiner reports the impact of recent events on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign. Joe Biden is on defense in the wake of a resurgence…
There is governance and leadership for goodwill and order, and then there’s just plain nonsense. A meeting of members of the faith and police communities (Is that how we say…
Thomas Sowell has been around long enough not to have to worry about violating basic tenets of political correctness, as evidenced by his latest column. I am so old that…
Thomas Sowell is no fan of those who clamor for more “diversity.” He explains why in his latest column. If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for…
N&R editorial page editor Allen Johnson did an exit interview (unposted) with outgoing Bennett College president Julianne Malveaux, where she gives her impressions of Greensboro during her five-year stay: She…
According to high-profile progressives in Chatham County, the quest for better race relations “came to a halt” in January when the new county commission eliminated the $80,000 per year position…
Interesting Winston-Salem Journal editorial on City Council member Derwin Montgomery’s “vision” for east Winston-Salem: Montgomery, a minister and development analyst with Winston-Salem State University, exudes confidence. His proposal for the…
U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-SC, must have interned in Durham at some point, because he’s got this race-card playing thing, down: “I have seen this kind of hate before.…
Good point, Daren. Jackie Robinson got a contract with the Dodgers because he had proven himself to be a damned good ball player. Exactly what as Barack Obama proven himself…
Just in case anyone wasn’t sure, the N&R has successfully made the transition from newspaper to community activist. Today’s paper had two themes: “Building Bridges” and “Greensboro Disease.” Note the…
OK, that was more to get your attention than anything else. But what explains NPR’s desire to keep Juan Williams from interviewing President Bush about race relations? NPR made some…
There isn’t a person in Durham who has done more to destroy race relations over the past 20 years than Lavonia Allison. To Allison, everything is black and white, literally.…