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Displaying items by tag: rrspinopinion

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 10:59

From the sheriff: Fireworks safety

With warm weather and family events, the Fourth of July can be a fun time with great memories.

Published in Opinion
Monday, 22 June 2015 08:10

Duality of the 'Southern thing'

Ain't about no cotton fields or cotton picking lies. Ain't about the races, the crying shame, to the (expletive) rich man all poor people look the same

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 16 June 2015 13:04

Bloomsday: On the book we couldn't finish

Today is the day we literary types take pause, raise a pint and eat livers and other nasty stuff to honor a book most of us have never read to completion.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:28

Thoughts on desperate calls

The view from my perch in the catbird seat is that crime is somehow tolerated and minimized no matter if it's murder or mischief.

Published in Opinion
Friday, 15 May 2015 08:02

The show that filled in the memory gaps

It's not just the hats and the suits, the cocktails and turning of phrases for ad copy.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 13 May 2015 17:43

Sure, free them all

Yeah, sure, free them all.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 07 May 2015 07:25

Maybe the reverend was right

Maybe the reverend was right, that the folly of the backhanded pursuit of the Roanoke Rapids Theatre was doomed by spiritual indignation.

Published in Opinion
Saturday, 02 May 2015 10:35

You have your mugshots: Now leave me alone

There's nothing like the conspiracy theorist.

Published in Opinion
Friday, 10 April 2015 10:50

From the sheriff: Open carry

North Carolina law does not specifically keep anybody from walking around with a handgun in a holster on his or her hip.

Published in Opinion