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Displaying items by tag: rrspinopinion

Saturday, 31 January 2015 10:25

Review: American Sniper

As a war movie, American Sniper succeeds.

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Thinking about the whole New England Patriots deflated ball nonsense led me to think about more important things like the city police department's crash-free week that begins Monday.

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Friday, 16 January 2015 18:34

We cannot keep tearing down

Now that another icon has been leveled, can we please begin having rational discussions about how to build up rather than tear to the ground?

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Thursday, 15 January 2015 10:04

Text Neck: We once walked upright

We once walked upright and then came Text Neck.

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Thursday, 08 January 2015 12:07

We write on

Even with the Charlie Hebdo murders fresh in our minds we write on as the French satirical newspaper vowed it would do in the wake of the Paris tragedy Wednesday.

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Wednesday, 07 January 2015 07:24

Council gets grasp of complex proceedings

Roanoke Rapids City Council Tuesday night made great strides in showing it understands the complex machinations that go hand-in-hand with the quasi-judicial setting involved with the Villages at Cross Creek conditional use permit.

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Wednesday, 31 December 2014 08:27

2014: Beards, swimming pools, movie stars

For the last couple of weeks of this month I had a beard.

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Tuesday, 30 December 2014 16:29

On driving by the intersection

Driving by the intersection of Tenth Street and Becker Drive, I feel a deep sense of sadness, a lump in my throat.

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Saturday, 20 December 2014 10:38

Spare change, meaty issues and Christmas

This whole column started when I was thinking back to last week and I gave somebody a dollar and all the spare change I had in my car.

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