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 […]
Category Archives: opinion
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 […]
Philip Price for Congress
Western North Carolinians deserve a working person to represent them in Washington LENOIR, N.C. — If you want a working class person who understands working class issues representing you in […]
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 […]
Privatization of the VA Would Make Mockery of its Mission
Party of Lincoln forgets that the VA was inspired by the 16th president By Art Sherwood Note: Art Sherwood is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina Senate District 46, which includes Avery, […]
Choosing Sides
Impartiality is simply no longer an option, even for an old-school journalist By Michael M. Barrick LENOIR, N.C. — I’ve chosen sides. I was trained, in the days when you […]
