A way to curb school violence With respect to school violence, a relatively new phenomenon, there is a program taking place here in our community that has the potential to help students and schools all across the nation. This ...
‘The Politician’ is Andrew Young’s story The first questions many people want to ask Andrew Young about his best selling book, “The Politician.” -If the John Edwards story you tell in your book was so bad and distasteful, why did you sta...
Confessions of a bird watcher This past Wednesday the News-Topic ran a front-page picture of “a bird” in the snow at the Broyhill Walking Park. Judging by the white patch under the bird’s beak, the striped head and small yello...
Education and economy are inseparable The first article in this series referred to an analysis of the breakdown of the educational and economic system. Why the analysis? The two systems are inseparable. Education is the foundation of ...
Dealing with multiple children Q: Shortly after our second child was born a year ago, my 4-year-old son began asking me to stop what I’m doing — usually something with the baby — and see something he’s done or “watch” him do s...
Interesting reading from an 1800s club Many of us are aware that a group called the “Vespers Reading Club” was meeting in Lenoir in the late 1800s. The minutes of this group recently have become the property of the Caldwell Heritage Mu...
