What Would Reagan Say? Oh, We Know!
The Republican Party, once Communism’s greatest antagonist, is now its biggest cheerleader Still, as Wendell Berry teachers us, there is no reason to hate the Russian people anymore than Russians […]
Category Archives: opinion
Celebrating Freedom now is Hypocritical
Our collective political hypocrisy knows no bounds By Michael M. Barrick Tomorrow, on Independence Day as you enjoy a cook-out with your family, don’t forget that at our nation continues […]
Endorsing Price a Bad Idea
In the future, I will leave voting decisions to the electorate By Michael M. Barrick NOTE: 13 June, 2018: I amend my comments at the end of this essay in […]
School Shootings and Our Culture of Death
Time to admit we are not a civilized society By Michael M. Barrick Ho hum. More children and a teacher have been killed in a school shooting in Texas. We […]
Message Delivered: Public Schools Matter!
Rallying with teachers, students and friends exhilarating and humbling By Art Sherwood RALEIGH – I stood in awe with teachers, students and friends this past Wednesday when tens of thousands of […]
The Earth Under Assault
Three years after Preserving Sacred Appalachia Conference, Appalachia and all of the planet is as vulnerable as ever to fossil fuel industry LENOIR, N.C. (April 22, 2018) – Three years […]
Cheers to Our Right to Vote!
Don’t bitch; vote instead, then toast to your freedom LENOIR, N.C. — Early (One-stop) voting started today in North Carolina. When I voted at about 2 in the afternoon in […]
