Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
A lot can change in six months, and it can be kind of frightening. The vaccine that was derided and cursed by politicians and the press for not being safe...
If you have ever lived in the country, then at some point in your life you have been tempted to raise a flock of chickens. Growing up, my daddy...
We were knights, pilots, adventurers, daredevils and the good kind of motorcycle gang members. In reality we were just kids on bicycles, but the world was ours, as long as...
I was listening to radio one morning on my way to work recently, and the Wallflowers were singing about the one headlight being out and still driving it home. I’m...
I should have realized that the truck was possessed when I found the stash of switches in the glove compartment. The salesman assured me they were all old switches, that...
It’s just trashy to litter. As cliché as it may seem to criticize litterbugs and the refuse they produce, it’s amazing we still have to point out that trash doesn’t...
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Tabor City life wasn’t easy during the 1930s, but hard times helped create a special woman. Essie Nealey, often known by the name of ...
Note to my readers: With rare exceptions, I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, this is one people ask me...
Buying a new house is never an easy thing. You have to give a loan company your information, and let them delve deep into your paper trails, and pull out...
In the book of Genesis, after the fall from Eden, God tells Adam that he will no longer have it easy. The first man is told he’ll have to earn...
` The day was so hot, I thought the corn was melting.I know that the corn was actually thriving on that still, humid June day, but to me it seemed...
Column by Jefferson Weaver They stand frozen in time, two men far younger than I am now, Gary Cooper-esque smiles under dark eyes. The taller of the two is my...
Doodle eyed me suspiciously, then fluffed his neck feathers before announcing the pending new day. I have no idea why I was up early; it had been a fitful night....
Since Jan. 1, 58 law enforcement officers have died doing their jobs in the United States. Another 64 died on duty due to other causes, mainly COVID-19, 9/11 related cancer,...
Dear Papa, There are those who find it maudlin, if not morbid, to write to someone who has died; after all, the intended recipient doesn’t have a postal service, whichever...