Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
Note to my readers: I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, folks ask me about this one every year. At a time where our country is so divided, I coul...
Several times a week, she chases my car. She always stays on the yard side of the ditch in front of her home. She always stops and runs back to her mother when she’s called. Sometimes she gets distrac...
On June 6, the Columbus County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the FY 2022-23 budget for all funds. The adopted budget maintains the current tax rate of 80.5 cents with no tax in...
We heard the trumpet of war, the all-too-familiar roar of the challenge, the rattle of chains and breaking wood.My beloved wife looked at me. She was busy tending one of my battle wounds, h...
Their faces tell stories. One has friendly eyes and a shy smile. Another makes an obscene gesture at the camera, a show of manhood. Another looks tired. One toasts the camera with an energy drink, a c...
Have you ever found yourself cleaning out the closet and happen upon a box of old pictures you forgot you had? Your hand grazes the dust to find those ancient treasures from long ago that tell a story...
As he stepped through the door, the little cowboy was grateful for the air conditioning in the diner. His dusty boots were made for riding horses, not walking the streets of a small town on a hot su...
Being an adult with small children in the not-so-small town of Cary has made me appreciate the simplicity of growing up in the actual small town of Whiteville. Sure, I enjoy the bustling array of thin...
My 15-year-old son walked out of the DMV victorious this week. He passed his permit test on the second try, and though a case of nerves kept him from immediately celebrating, later in the evening the ...
Elon Musk doesn’t owe society a dang thing.He employs thousands of people. I bet most of their lives are already significantly better than they had at other jobs. The free market has determined ...
He did not die the warrior’s death he wanted. Every man hopes for what the song calls a life worth living, and a death worth dying for. Morbid, perhaps, but it’s true, whether or not we like to admit ...
04/30/2022 In The Sports Zone IN THE SPORTS ZONE with Vinny Pagano is a weekly sports commentary program produced in and for Columbus County NC. Each week Vinny talks about everything sports. Spo...
Summertime is almost here, and high school sports will no longer have center stage. It has me wondering, what do we do for entertainment? I know there is a golf course in town and there are plen...
It never confused me that words were backwards and upside down. It wasn’t that I was dyslexic; indeed, I’m not sure we even knew that word on April 25, 1978. It was just that I had grown up standing o...
04/23/2022 In The Sports Zone IN THE SPORTS ZONE with Vinny Pagano is a weekly sports commentary program produced in and for Columbus County NC. Each week Vinny talks about everything sports. Spo...
04/16/2022 In The Sports Zone IN THE SPORTS ZONE with Vinny Pagano is a weekly sports commentary program produced in and for Columbus County NC. Each week Vinny talks about everything sports. Sports N...